Coordinates	20°58′1″N156°40′14″N
company name	Kia Motors기아자동차
company logo	200px''
company type	public company ()
foundation	June 9, 1944
location	Seoul, South Korea
key people	Young-Jong Seo: CEO and President
area served	International
industry	Automobile manufacturer
products	Automobiles
revenue	₩23.26 trillion (''2010'') ($21.261 billion USD)
net income	₩2.254 trillion (''2010'') ($2.06 billion USD)
assets	₩18.625 trillion (''2010'') ($17 billion USD)
owner	Hyundai Kia Automotive Group (49.2%)
num employees	42,000 (as of November 2009)
homepage	kia.com
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Kia Motors (, ), headquartered in Seoul, is South Korea's second largest automobile manufacturer, following the Hyundai Motor Company, with sales of over 1.4 million vehicles in 2010. The company is partly owned by the Hyundai Motor Group and since August 2009, is led by Hyoung-Keun (Hank) Lee.

The word ''Kia'' derives from Korean words meaning "to arise to the world from Asia."

History

According to Kia Motors, the name "Kia" derives from the Sino-Korean words ''ki'' ("to come out") and ''a'' (which stands for ''Asia''), it is roughly translated as "arise or come up out of Asia" or "rising out of Asia".

More literally, Kia is a Persian name meaning king, protector, and defender, which may also to attribute homage to over 2500 year legacy of Persian monarchy and civilization at the cultural crossroads of the Silk Road that historically connected East and West. These attributes are reinforced by Kia's naming of some models, and its defense division.

South Korea's oldest car company, Kia was founded on June 9, 1944 as a manufacturer of steel tubing and bicycle parts by hand – and has operated as one of the country's Chaebols since. In 1951 Kia began building complete bicycles. In 1952, Kia changed its name from Kyungsung Precision Industry, and later built motorcycles (starting in 1957), trucks (1962) and cars (1974). The company opened its first integrated automotive assembly plant in 1973, the Sohari Plant. Starting in 1986, in partnership with Ford, Kia produced several Mazda derived vehicles for both domestic sales in South Korea into other countries. These models include the Pride (based on the Mazda 121) and Avella, which were sold in North America and Australasia as the Ford Festiva and Ford Aspire.

In 1992, Kia Motors America was incorporated in the United States. The first Kia-branded vehicles in the United States were sold from four dealerships in Portland, Oregon in February 1994. Since then, Kia expanded methodically one region at a time. Dealers in 1994 sold the Sephia, and a few years later the United States line expanded with the addition of the Sportage.

During the Asian financial crisis, Kia declared bankruptcy in 1997; in 1998 Hyundai Motor Company acquired 51% of the company outbidding Ford Motor Company which had owned an interest in Kia Motors since 1986. After subsequent divestments, Hyundai Motor Company owns less than 50% of the company.

Since 2005, Kia has focused on the European market and has identified design as its "core future growth engine"—leading to the hiring of Peter Schreyer in 2006 as Chief Design Officer and his subsequent creation of a new corporate grille known as the 'Tiger Nose'.

In October 2006, Kia Motors America broke ground for Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia in West Point, Georgia, representing a $1 billion USD investment for the company. Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia opened in February 2010, after Kia recorded its 15th consecutive year of increased U.S. market share.

Design emphasis

Beginning in 2006 Kia identified design as its "core future growth engine" – leading to the 2006 hiring of Peter Schreyer as Chief Design Officer. Schreyer had previously worked at Audi (designing the Audi TT) and Volkswagen and had won the Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Schreyer has since been central to a complete restyling of Kia's lineup, overseeing design activities at Kia's design centers in Frankfurt, Los Angeles, Tokyo and the Namyang Design Center in Korea.

With the Kee concept vehicle, shown at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 2007, Kia introduced a new corporate grille to create a recognizable 'face' for the brand. Known as the ''Tiger Nose'', Shreyer indicated he wanted "a powerful visual signal, a seal, an identifier. The front of a car needs this recognition, this expression. A car needs a face and I think the new Kia face is strong and distinctive. Visibility is vital and that face should immediately allow you to identify a Kia even from a distance." Commenting on the new signature grille in 2009: "From now on, we'll have it on all our cars".

Affiliations and subsidiaries

Kia Motors Corporation

Kia Motors Corporation (KMC) was founded in 1944, is Korea's oldest manufacturer of motor vehicles and is now a division of the Hyundai-Kia Automotive Group. Over 1.5 million vehicles a year are produced in 13 manufacturing and assembly operations in eight countries which are then sold and serviced through a network of distributors and dealers covering 172 countries. Kia today has over 42,000 employees worldwide and annual revenues of over US$14.6 billion. It is the major sponsor of the Australian Open and an official automotive partner of FIFA – the governing body of the FIFA World Cup. Kia Motors Corporation's brand slogan is "The Power to Surprise".

Kia Motors America

Kia Motors America (KMA) is the American sales, marketing and distribution arm of Kia Motors Corporation based in Seoul, South Korea. KMA offers a complete line of vehicles through more than 640 dealers throughout the United States. For 2008, KMA recorded its 14th consecutive year of increased U.S. market share. In August 2009, Kia was the 8th-best selling automotive brand in the United States, outselling makes like Chrysler and Mazda.

In November 2009, Kia started production at the first U.S. Kia Motors plant, Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia in West Point. The facility is building the 2011 Kia Sorento crossover vehicle.

Kia Motors Europe

Kia Motors Europe (KME) is the European sales and marketing division of Kia Motors Corporation (KMC). In 2007 KME moved from its previous location at Hauptstrasse 185, Eschborn, Frankfurt to a new purpose built facility adjacent to the Messe in Frankfurt city centre.

From 1995 to 1999 Kia produced left and right hand drive versions of the Sportage SUV at the Karmann factory in Germany. From 1999 until production of the model ceased in 2003, all Sportage production reverted to South Korea.

Kia began importing cars to Europe in mid 1991, initially selling just the Pride mini-car. It initially proved popular with buyers but sales fell towards the end of the decade and the end of production was finally announced in May 2000, with its successor—the Rio—not going on sale for another year.

By the end of 1991, Kia had sold nearly 1,800 Prides in the United Kingdom. The first full year, 1992, saw that figure double, and in 1993 it increased again to nearly 5,500.

The European range expanded in 1994 when Kia began importing the larger Mentor, a range of medium sized hatchbacks and sedan which were marketed as cheap and well-equipped alternatives to the likes of the Ford Escort and Vauxhall/Opel Astra.

A facelift in 1999 saw the Mentor name retained for the saloon, but the hatchback was renamed Shuma. These models remained on sale until 2004, when the newer Cerato was launched and gave Kia one of its first serious competitors for mainstream brands.

The Sportage SUV range, first sold in 1995, has been popular across Europe, but since 2002 Kia has gained more sales in this market thanks to the launch of the larger Sorento.

Despite Kia's range increasing from one car as late as 1993 to three cars by the end of 1995, British sales actually decreased in that period, from nearly 5,500 in 1993 to less than 4,000 the following year. In 1998, Kia's future in Britain was thrown into serious doubt when it sold less than 3,000 of its whole range – the worst in any full year on the British market.

Kia did not enter Europe's large family car market until the launch of its Credos four-door sedan in 1999. This car was similar in size to the Ford Mondeo, but on its launch was actually cheaper to buy than the smaller Focus. It had a spacious interior, large boot, competitive asking price and high equipment levels, but it had little more appeal to sway buyers away from established European brands like Ford Motor Company, Vauxhall/Opel, Renault and Peugeot. Its successor, the Magentis, launched in 2001, was still nowhere near as popular as Kia might have hoped it would be.

Kia entered the MPV market in 1999 with the Sedona. On its launch, it was the cheapest full-size people carrier on sale in the United Kingdom.

With the range expanded by 1999, sales for that year reached almost 6,400 – more than double the previous year's total. That annual sales figure had almost been matched in 2000 by the end of May, reflecting Kia's growing popularity with British buyers. By 2009, Kia was firmly established as a popular brand in Britain, when sales broke the 50,000 barrier for the first time and the brand now had a share of more than 2% in the new car market. The Picanto was the most popular single model with nearly 17,000 sales.

Kia Defense

Kia Motors has specialized in the production of military vehicles with variants and other transportation equipment and by supplying them as a sole maker of military vehicles designated by the South Korean Government since 1976, when Kia Heavy Industry Co., Ltd was established. Kia is currently designing a Kaiser Jeep M715-type vehicle named the KM450 for the South Korean Army on license from the U.S. Government. KIA Defense produces six vehicles:

KM42 half ton to three quarter ton variants of the M715

KM-45 modern variant of the M715

KM-25 variant of the M35 2-1/2 ton cargo truck

KM-50 variant of the M809 Truck both as 5 ton and 7 ton variants

KM-100 8×8 heavy tactical truck

K53 similar to the Swedish BV amphibious tracked vehicle

Facilities

Most of Kia's main plant locations are in South Korea:

Hwaseong Plant, Hwaseong

Sohari Plant, Gwangmyeong

Kwang-Ju Plant, Gwangju

Seosan Plant, Seosan

Kia also has facilities in Malaysia, Slovakia, China, Vietnam, and the United States:

Gurun, Kedah, Malaysia

Žilina Plant, Žilina, Slovakia

Yangcheng Plant, Jiangsu, China

Chu Lai Plant, Quang Nam, Vietnam

West Point Plant, Georgia, USA

Current models

Passenger cars

Cadenza/K7

cee'd/cee'd SW/pro_cee'd

Forte/Cerato

Forte Koup

Morning/Picanto

Opirus/Amanti

Optima/Magentis

Rio/Rio5/Pride

Soul

Venga

K9 (expected November 2011) Rino (expected March 2012)

SUV/vans

Carens/Rondo

Carnival/Sedona

Mohave/Borrego

Sorento

Sportage

Commercial vehicles

K2700/Strong/3000S/2500TCI- KMC only

K4000s – KMC only

AM928 – KMC only

Granbird – KMC only

Electric vehicles

Kia plans mass-production of the Kia Sportage all-electric Crossover; it has unveiled the Kia Venga and Kia Pop city car, which incorporate SK Energy's lithium-ion batteries.

Hybrid electric vehicles

Kia unveiled hybrid electric concept cars at the 2008 Paris Motor Show:

Kia Soul Hybrid

Kia cee'd Hybrid

Kia Ray Plug-in hybrid

Kia Spectra

Previous models

Kia Brisa

Kia Pride

Kia Sephia

Kia Spectra

Kia Combi (originally by Asia)

Concept cars

KCV III

Slice

Rondo SX

Multi S

KCV-4 Mojave

Rondo Taxi

Kue

Kee

KND-4

KOUP

Alpha

18+

Streetrunner

Vizen

Club

Sponsorship

Kia Motors sponsors the following sports teams, events and athletes:

National Basketball Association (NBA)

Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)

Surrey County Cricket Club

2010 FIFA World Cup

Vitória Futebol Clube (Portugal association football team)

Girondins de Bordeaux (French association football team)

Atletico de Madrid (Spanish association football team)

Spartak Moscow (Russian association football team)

Qormi FC (Maltese association football team)

Badr Hari (Moroccan kick boxer)

Rafael Nadal Global brand ambassador

Fernando González Chilean Tennis Player – 2004 & 2008 Olympic medalist

Michelle Wie (Official golf ambassador & spokesperson – KMA)

Australian Open (tennis tournament)

Live at The Chapel (Australian music concert)

Slovakian National Football Team

National Basketball Association (NBA)

LPGA Kia Classic

Vans Warped Tour

See also

Economy of South Korea

List of Korean car makers

Hyundai Motor Group

Dewan Farooque Motors

References

External links

Kia Motors international homepage

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Coordinates	20°58′1″N156°40′14″N
Name	Aleksandra Wozniak
Country
Residence	Blainville, Quebec, Canada
Birth date	September 07, 1987
Birth place	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height
Weight
Turnedpro	2005
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney	US$1,259,910
Website	www.aleksandrawozniak.com
Singlesrecord	238–154
Singlestitles	1 WTA, 8 ITF
Highestsinglesranking	No. 21 (June 22, 2009)
Currentsinglesranking	No. 133 (August 29, 2011)
Australianopenresult	1R (2007, 2009, 2010)
Frenchopenresult	4R (2009)
Wimbledonresult	2R (2008, 2010)
Usopenresult	3R (2009)
Doublesrecord	28–45
Doublestitles	0 WTA, 0 ITF
Highestdoublesranking	No. 136 (June 7, 2010)
Grandslamsdoublesresults	yes
Australianopendoublesresult	1R (2009)
Frenchopendoublesresult	2R (2010)
Wimbledondoublesresult	2R (2009, 2010)
Usopendoublesresult	1R (2008)
Mixed	yes
Mixedtitles	0
Australianopenmixedresult	QF (2009)
Updated	August 29, 2011 }}

Aleksandra Wozniak (born September 7, 1987, in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian professional tennis player. She turned professional in November 2005. Wozniak achieved a career-best ranking of no. 21 on June 22, 2009, making her the fourth-highest ranked Canadian singles player of all time. She has won one WTA and eight ITF tournaments. At the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford in 2008, she became the first Canadian in 20 years to capture a WTA singles title and is the only Quebecer in history to have accomplished such a feat. She reached a career-high ITF junior ranking of no. 3 on January 31, 2005. She was named Female Player of the Year by Tennis Canada four times (2009, 2008, 2006, 2004).

Wozniak trains at Uniprix Stadium in Montreal with her coach, Zdenek Zofka.

Early life

Wozniak's family immigrated to Canada from Poland in 1983. She speaks Polish, English and French fluently. Also she has a elder sister Dorota, also playing tennis too. Aleksandra started playing tennis at the age of three. She was inspired to pick up a racquet by her sister and Monica Seles, her idol growing up and was coached by her father, Antoni.

Tennis career

2002–05

In 2002, as a 14-year-old, Wozniak won the Canadian Indoors Under-16 and Under-18 championships. Aleksandra won the Kentucky International Junior Tennis Derby in 2004. In 2005, Wozniak reached #3 in the juniors. She also won the Tevlin Challenger 25K tournament in Toronto, the Hamilton Challenger 25K in Canada, the Victoria Challenger 25K and the Junior Casablanca Cup (as well as the doubles) in Mexico, and the Junior Del Cafe Cup (as well as the doubles) in Costa Rica.

2006

Wozniak won the Pittsburgh Challenger (defeating Belarusian Victoria Azarenka), the Ashland Challenger (defeating Hungarian Ágnes Szávay), and Hamilton Challenger tournaments. In February she beat her first top 100 player, world #63 Na Li in Thailand. In November she defeated her first top 50 player, world #40 Olga Poutchkova in Pittsburgh.

2008

In the first round of the French Open in June, Wozniak made it to the third round, before losing to 11th seed Vera Zvonareva. It was by far her best performance at any of the Grand Slams, and she became the first Québécoise to reach the third round of a Grand Slam since 2002.

In July, Wozniak won her first WTA singles title at the Bank of the West Classic at Stanford, California. During the tournament she beat world #20 Francesca Schiavone of Italy, world #29 Sybille Bammer, and world #5 Serena Williams of the US (who had to retire in the match), before defeating sixth seed Marion Bartoli of France in the final. She was a qualifier to the tournament, so she had to win 3 qualifying matches and then 5 main draw matches in nine days. Wozniak became the first Canadian in 20 years to win a WTA singles title. The victory vaulted her WTA singles ranking from #85 to #45 in the world. In August 2008, she was presented with key to the city in Blainville, Québec, by the mayor; they renamed it "Wozniakville" for 24 hours because for the first time a woman from Québec won a Sony Ericsson WTA Tour singles title (when she won Stanford in July). She also received an award from the National Assembly of Québec in October 2008 for her career-high ranking of #37 and first Tour singles title.

2009

Wozniak was upset by German Sabine Lisicki, also of Polish heritage, in the first round of the Australian Open where Wozniak was the 30th seed. Wozniak joined up with compatriot Daniel Nestor in the mixed doubles, where they made it to the quarterfinals before losing to Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi of India.

In March she defeated world #48 Lucie Šafářová in Indian Wells. That month she moved up to a career-best world #29. She reached her third singles final in April in the Ponte Vedra Beach, beating world #10 Nadia Petrova in the semi-finals, but was then defeated by world #12 Caroline Wozniacki. In May she upset world #13 Marion Bartoli of France at the Madrid Open.

At the French Open, Wozniak was the No. 24 seed, and became the first Québécoise to ever be seeded at Roland-Garros. Wozniak made it to the round of 16 before losing to Serena Williams. With her French Open success, Wozniak became Canada's first representative in the fourth round of the French Open women's draw in 17 years, and the first Canadian woman to survive into the second week at the French Open since Patricia Hy-Boulais in 1992. Wozniak was also the first Canadian to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam event since Maureen Drake qualified for the round of 16 at the 1999 Australian Open. "That's awesome for Canada and I hope to keep going", said Wozniak.

She debuted her grass season in June, at the AEGON International in Eastbourne, Wozniak made it to the semifinals, before losing to Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark. After that tournament, Wozniak's ranking rose two spots, to a career high of No. 21. In the first round of Wimbledon, she was the first Canadian to be seeded in singles in 20 years at #23. However she fell in the first round to Italy's Francesca Schiavone.

At the US Open, she advanced to the third round before losing to 10th seeded Flavia Pennetta. Wozniak entered the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo and made it into the third round before losing in three sets to Magdaléna Rybáriková.

Wozniak was named Athlete of the Year for the second time in three years at the 24th edition of the Tennis Quebec Excellence Awards. Her father Antoni and fitness trainer André Parent were joint winners of the International Coach of the Year Award for Quebec athletes. She was also named Female Athlete of the Year by the Canadian Press in recognition of her outstanding season.

2010

In January, close friend Caroline Wozniacki eliminated Wozniak for the sixth time at the Australian Open in straight sets. After early losses in Miami and Indian Wells, she went to defend her last year final at the Ponte Vedra Beach. However, she lost in the quartefinals to Dominika Cibulková. At the French Open, she lost in the third round to the 5th seed Elena Dementieva in a match that lasted more than three hours. At Wimbledon, Wozniak made it to the second round before losing to 4th seeded Jelena Janković. After losing in the first round of the Rogers Cup in her native Quebec against Timea Bacsinszky, she lost again in the first round again at the US Open against World No. 202 Sally Peers by the score of 6–0, 6–1, in a match that took just 48 minutes. She was out for the remainder of the season due to a forearm injury.

2011

In her first Grand Slam appearance since coming back from injury, Wozniak successfully qualified for the French Open. She won her first round match against Junri Namigata 6–1, 6–1 before losing in the second round to World No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki by the score of 6–3, 7–6(6). She also successfully qualified for Wimbledon but lost in the first round against Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 7–6(7), 6–4. She won in early August the second biggest tournament of her career at the $100,000 ITF Vancouver Open, where she defeated Jamie Hampton 6–3, 6–1 in the final.

Fed Cup

Wozniak won her first Fed Cup match in 2004, defeating Swiss Timea Bacsinszky 6–0, 6–4, and boasts a 35–8 record through April 2011. Her 35 total victories is a Canadian Fed Cup record as are her 28 wins in singles. She has appeared in 30 ties during her career in Fed Cup. In 2006 she beat Argentine world #33 Gisela Dulko, 7–6, 6–3.

Style of play

Wozniak has an all court game that is anchored by an effective first serve and a strong backhand. She also possesses a good overhead. Her favourite surface is clay.

WTA Tour finals

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Titles by Surface Hard (1–0) Grass (0–0) Clay (0–2) Carpet (0–0)

Singles: 3 (1–2)

	1.	May 21, 2007		Clay	Milagros Sequera	6–1, 6–3
	1.	July 20, 2008		Hard	Marion Bartoli	7–5, 6–3
	2.	April 12, 2009		Clay	Caroline Wozniacki	6–1, 6–2

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 11 (8–3)

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

	1.	June 30, 2002		Hard	Beier Ko	6–0, 6–3
	2.	July 17, 2005		Clay	María José Argeri	6–1, 6–2
	1.	October 2, 2005		Clay	Soledad Esperón	7–5, 6–2
	3.	October 16, 2005		Hard	Olga Blahotová	2–6, 6–0, 6–4
	2.	October 23, 2005	Mexico City, Mexico	Hard	María José Argeri	6–4, 4–0, ret.
	4.	November 13, 2005	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Olena Antypina	6–4, 6–3
	5.	July 23, 2006		Clay	Valérie Tétreault	6–1, 6–7(5), 6–2
	6.	October 1, 2006		Hard	Ágnes Szávay	6–1, 7–6(2)
	7.	November 12, 2006		Hard	Victoria Azarenka	6–2, ret.
	3.	March 23, 2008		Hard	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	7–6(4), 6–3
	8.	August 7, 2011		Hard	Jamie Hampton	6–3, 6–1

Doubles: 2 (0–2)

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

	1.	June 16, 2002	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Diana Srebrovic	Lauren Cheung Christina Horiatopoulos	6–3, 6–1
	2.	July 23, 2006		Clay	Soledad Esperón	Nicole Kriz Story Tweedie-Yates	6–4, 6–1

Singles performance timeline

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Runner-up

Overall Win-Loss

Year End Ranking

¹As of 2008, Doha is a Tier I tournament, replacing San Diego and Zurich.

²Including a 2–1 record in 2001, though she did not receive a final ranking.

References

External links

Official website

Category:Canadian female tennis players Category:Canadian people of Polish descent Category:Racket sportspeople from Quebec Category:San Diego State University alumni Category:Sportspeople from Montreal Category:Tennis players at the 2007 Pan American Games Category:1987 births Category:Living people

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Coordinates	20°58′1″N156°40′14″N
name	Lisa Raymond
country	USA
residence	Wayne, Pennsylvania, USA
birth date	August 10, 1973
birth place	Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA
height
weight
college	University of Florida
turnedpro	May 1993
plays	Right-handed
careerprizemoney	$7,961,311
singlesrecord	390–299
singlestitles	4
highestsinglesranking	No. 15 (October 20, 1997)
australianopenresult	QF (2004)
frenchopenresult	4R (1997)
wimbledonresult	QF (2000)
usopenresult	4R (1996)
doublesrecord	700–251
doublestitles	71 (1 ITF)
highestdoublesranking	No. 1 (June 12, 2000)
Grandslamsdoublesresults	yes
Australianopendoublesresult	W (2000)
Frenchopendoublesresult	W (2006)
Wimbledondoublesresult	W (2001)
Usopendoublesresult	W (2001, 2005)
mixed	Yes
mixedtitles	4
mixedrecord	4–3
frenchopenmixedresult	W (2003)
wimbledonmixedresult	W (1999)
usopenmixedresult	W (1996, 2002)
updated	October 19, 2009 }}

Lisa Raymond (born August 10, 1973 in Norristown, Pennsylvania) is a professional female tennis player from the United States. On June 12, 2000, she reached the world number one ranking in doubles. Her career high singles ranking was fifteenth in October 1997.

Earning more than US$8 million in prize money in her career, Raymond has reached the quarterfinals in singles at the Australian Open and at Wimbledon. Raymond, who plays right-handed, has wins over Venus Williams, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Monica Seles, Jennifer Capriati and Martina Hingis. She also is one of the few players to win a career Grand Slam in doubles.

Of her four singles titles, two have come at the Cellular South Cup in Memphis, Tennessee.

Career

Early career

Raymond achieved significant success in collegiate tennis. She received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she played for coach Andy Brandi's Florida Gators women's tennis team. As a Gator, she won the NCAA singles title in 1992 and 1993 and led the Gators to their first-ever NCAA national team championship in 1992. She was the first player to win all three collegiate Grand Slam titles in a single season (1992). She received the 1992 Volvo Rookie of the Year award, the 1992 ''Tennis Magazine'' Collegiate Player of the Year award, the 1992 and 1993 Broderick Award, and the 1993 Honda Award for collegiate tennis.

As a junior, Raymond won five U.S. National (USTA) singles and doubles titles, and she was ranked No.1 in the U.S. for players 18 and under in 1990. She was inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great" in 2003.

2005–2007

Played the first half of the year with Rennae Stubbs before beginning a partnership with Samantha Stosur, winning the US Open, her second doubles crown at Flushing Meadows, and the Season Ending Championships, also her second. Raymond and Stosur won six titles together and were named ITF World Doubles Champions of 2005.

In 2006, Raymond and Stosur won ten titles including the French Open and their second Season Ending Championships. By winning the French Open, Lisa Raymond became only the 13th person in history to have won all four double Grand Slams. Finished the year as the co-holders of the number one spot. Raymond and Stosur were again awarded by the ITF as World Doubles Chapmpions of 2006. They also received the WTA Team of the Year award for their achievents.

The year 2007 was a good one for Raymond and Stosur, with the pair winning five titles; also that year Lisa decided to retire from her singles career.

2008–2009

Raymond began 2008 playing with Elena Likhovtseva with solid results, then reunited with former partner Samantha Stosur in May, after the latter's return from injury. They went on to reach the finals of Wimbledon and the US Open, losing both. Raymond also won titles in Memphis and New Haven.

In 2009, Raymond began an partnership with Květa Peschke, where they reached four finals and two semi-finals before their year was cut short by an injury to Peschke, just before Wimbledon. Lisa played with different partners, winning one title, taking her tally to 68.

2010

Raymond started the year by reuniting with former partner Rennae Stubbs. They lost their first round in Sydney, before reaching the semi-finals of the Australian Open, as the number six seeds, losing to Venus and Serena Williams. Raymond also made the semi-finals of the Mixed doubles tournament. Raymond and Stubbs won the AEGON International against Květa Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik in the final 6–2 2–6 [13–11] Both Raymond and Stubbs qualified for the WTA Tour Championship at Doha and will face second seeds Květa Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik.

She has won the career grand slam in women's doubles, being the most recent of 13 to accomplish this feat. She also has won four mixed doubles grand slams in three venues (French Open, Wimbledon, and US Open) as well. In singles, Raymond is a two-time Grand Slam quarter-finalist.

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 12 (5–7)

Mixed doubles: 8 (4–4)

WTA Tour Championships doubles titles (3)

Career Finals 120 (12 Singles, 101 Doubles, 7 Mixed)

Singles Titles (4)

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Tier III (4)

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Titles by Surface

Grass (1)

Indoor (3)

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Singles Runner-Ups (8)

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Runner-Ups by Status

Tier II (3)

Tier III (4)

Tier IV & V (1)

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Indoor (5)

Hard (2)

Clay (1)

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Doubles Titles (71)

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Indoor (29)

Hard (24)

Clay (9)

Grass (8)

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Titles by Partner

Rennae Stubbs (33)

Samantha Stosur (20)

Lindsay Davenport (9)

Martina Navratilova (2)

Cara Black (2)

Chanda Rubin (1)

Alicia Molik (1)

Květa Peschke (1)

Chuang Chia-jung (1)

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Doubles Runner-Ups (38)

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Indoor (6)

Hard (17)

Clay (9)

Grass (3)

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Runner-Ups by Partner

Rennae Stubbs (14)

Samantha Stosur (6)

Lindsay Davenport (5)

Květa Peschke (4)

Martina Navratilova (2)

Jana Novotná (1)

Nathalie Tauziat (1)

Mary Joe Fernandez (1)

Francesca Schiavone (1)

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Team Events

Fed Cup

Country: USA Years Participated: 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008 Best Result: Winning Team 2000

Overall Record: 14–9 Singles Record: 3–6 Doubles Record: 11–3

Hopman Cup

Country: USA Years Participated: 2006 Best Result: Winning Team 2006 (w/Taylor Dent)

Overall Record: 3–4 Singles Record: 0–4 Mixed Doubles Record: 3–0

Olympics

Country: USA Years Participated: 2004 Best Result: Doubles Quarter-Finalist (w/Navratilova), Singles 3rd Round

Overall Record: 3–2 Singles Record: 2–1 Doubles Record: 1–1

Doubles performance timeline

''To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through October 22, 2007.''

! Tournament !! 1990 !! 1991 !! 1992 !! 1993 !! 1994 !! 1995 !! 1996 !! 1997 !! 1998 !! 1999 !! 2000 !! 2001 !! 2002 !! 2003 !! 2004 !! 2005 !! 2006 !! 2007 !! 2008 !! 2009 !! 2010 !! Career SR !! Career W-L

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Tournaments Won

A = did not participate in the tournament.

SR = the ratio of the number of singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

₁ Indian Wells tournament achieved Tier I status from 1996.

² The San Diego tournament achieved Tier I status from 2004–2007.

³ The Zürich tournament achieved Tier I status from 1993–2007.

Raymond reached the finals of the 2008 Wimbledon Open with partner Samantha Stosur. They eventually lost to the Williams Sisters, Serena and Venus. Raymond has reached the finals of every Grand Slam women's doubles event at least twice and the semi-finals at least five times. By winning Osaka in 2009, Raymond kept her streak of a title won every year since 1993 alive.

See also

Florida Gators

List of Florida Gators tennis players

List of University of Florida Olympians

References

External links

Lisa Raymond Website

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Coordinates	20°58′1″N156°40′14″N
Name	Rafael Nadal
Fullname	Rafael Nadal Parera
Country	Spain
Nickname	''Rafa''''The King of Clay''''The Matador''
Residence	Manacor, Majorca, Spain
Birth date	June 03, 1986
Birth place	Manacor, Majorca
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight
Turnedpro	2001
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney	$42,747,677
Singlesrecord	526–111 (82.57%)
Singlestitles	46
Currentsinglesranking	No. 2 (29 August 2011)
Highestsinglesranking	No. 1 (18 August 2008)
Australianopenresult	W (2009)
Frenchopenresult	W (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011)
Wimbledonresult	W (2008, 2010)
Usopenresult	W (2010)
Othertournaments	Yes
Masterscupresult	F (2010)
Olympicsresult	20px Gold medal (2008)
Doublesrecord	91–57
Doublestitles	7
Highestdoublesranking	No. 26 (8 August 2005)
Grandslamsdoublesresults	yes
Australianopendoublesresult	3R (2004, 2005)
Wimbledondoublesresult	2R (2005)
Usopendoublesresult	SF (2004)
Updated	29 August 2011 }}

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Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera (born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. , he is ranked No. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time; his success on clay has earned him the nickname "The King of Clay", and has prompted many experts to regard him as the greatest clay court player of all time.

Nadal has won ten Grand Slam singles titles, including six French Open titles, the 2008 Olympic gold medal in singles, a record 19 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments, and also was part of the Spain Davis Cup team that won the finals in 2004, 2008 and 2009. He completed the career Grand Slam by winning the 2010 US Open, being the seventh player in history, and the youngest in the open era, to achieve it. He is the second male player to complete the Career Golden Slam (winner of the four grand slams and the Olympic Gold medal) after only Andre Agassi.

Nadal had a 32-match winning streak in 2008, starting at the 2008 Masters Series Hamburg to the 2008 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Women's Open, which included titles at Hamburg, the French Open (where he did not drop a set), Queen's Club, his first ever title at Wimbledon, and the Rogers Cup. In 2011, by winning the Monte Carlo Masters, he became the only player to have won seven editions of a tournament in a row at the ATP level. Nadal was ranked world No. 2, behind Roger Federer, for a record 160 consecutive weeks before earning the top spot, which he held from 18 August 2008 to 5 July 2009. He regained the world No.1 ranking on 7 June 2010, after winning his fifth French Open title. He held it until 3 July 2011, when Novak Djokovic replaced him as world No. 1.

Early life

Rafael Nadal was born in Manacor, Majorca, Spain to Sebastián Nadal, a businessman managing his own restaurant, Sa Punta; a glass and window glass company, Vidres Mallorca; and owns an insurance company as well. His mother is Ana María Parera, a housewife. He has a younger sister named María Isabel. His uncle, Miguel Ángel Nadal, is a retired professional footballer, who played for RCD Mallorca, FC Barcelona, and the Spanish national team. Nadal supports football clubs Real Madrid and RCD Mallorca. Recognizing that Nadal had a natural talent for tennis, another uncle, Toni Nadal, a former professional tennis player, introduced him to tennis when he was three years old.

At age eight, Nadal won an under-12 regional tennis championship at a time when he was also a promising football player. This made Toni Nadal intensify training, and at that time he encouraged Nadal to play left-handed for a natural advantage on the tennis court, as he noticed Nadal played forehand shots with two hands. When Nadal was 12, he won the Spanish and European tennis titles in his age group and was playing tennis and football all the time. Nadal's father made him choose between football and tennis so that his school work would not deteriorate entirely. Nadal said: "I chose tennis. Football had to stop straight away."

When he was 14, the Spanish tennis federation requested that he leave Majorca and move to Barcelona to continue his tennis training. Nadal's family turned down this request, partly because they feared it would hurt his education, but also because Toni said that "I don't want to believe that you have to go to America, or other places to be a good athlete. You can do it from your home." The decision to stay home meant that Nadal received less financial support from the federation; instead, Nadal's father covered the costs. In May 2001, he defeated former Grand Slam champion Pat Cash in a clay-court exhibition match.

At 15, he turned pro. Nadal participated in two events on the ITF junior circuit. In 2002, at the age of 16, Nadal reached the semifinals of the Boy's Singles tournament at Wimbledon, in his first ITF junior event.

By the age of 17, he beat Roger Federer the first time they played and became the youngest man to reach the third round at Wimbledon since Boris Becker. At 18, he helped pace Spain over the US in the junior Davis Cup in his second, and final, appearance on the ITF junior circuit. At 19, Nadal won the French Open the first time he played it, a feat not accomplished in Paris for more than 20 years. He eventually won it the first four times he played at Roland Garros. In 2003, he had won the ATP Newcomer of the Year Award. Early in his career, Nadal picked up the trademark habit of biting the trophies he won.

Tennis career

2002–2004

In April 2002, at 15 years and 10 months, the world No. 762 Nadal won his first ATP match, defeating Ramón Delgado, and became the ninth player in the open era to do so before the age of 16. The following year, Nadal won two Challenger titles and finished the year in the top 50. At his Wimbledon debut in 2003, Nadal became the youngest man to reach the third round since Boris Becker in 1984. During 2004, Nadal played his first match against world No. 1 Roger Federer at the 2004 Miami Masters, and won in straight sets. He is one of the six players that defeated Federer that year (along with Tim Henman, Albert Costa, Gustavo Kuerten, Dominik Hrbatý, and Tomáš Berdych). He missed most of the clay court season, including the French Open, because of a stress fracture in his left ankle. Nadal, at 18 years and six months, became the youngest player to register a singles victory in a Davis Cup final for a winning nation. By beating world No. 2 Andy Roddick, he helped Spain clinch the 2004 title over the United States in a 3–2 win. He finished the year ranked world No. 51.

2005

At the 2005 Australian Open, Nadal lost in the 4th round to eventual runner-up Lleyton Hewitt. Two months later, Nadal reached the final of the 2005 Miami Masters, and despite being two points from a straight-sets victory, he was defeated in five sets by world No. 1 Roger Federer. Both performances were considered to be breakthroughs for Nadal.

He then dominated the spring clay court season. He won 24 consecutive singles matches, which broke Andre Agassi's open era record of consecutive match wins for a male teenager. Nadal won the Torneo Conde de Godó in Barcelona and beat 2004 French Open runner-up Guillermo Coria in the finals of the 2005 Monte Carlo Masters and the 2005 Rome Masters. These victories raised his ranking to world No. 5 and made him one of the favorites at his career-first French Open. On his 19th birthday, Nadal defeated Federer in the 2005 French Open semifinals, being one of only four players who defeated the top-seeded player that year (along with Marat Safin, Richard Gasquet, and David Nalbandian). Two days later, he defeated Mariano Puerta in the final, becoming the second male player to win the French Open on his first attempt since Mats Wilander in 1982: He also became the first teenager to win a Grand Slam singles title since Pete Sampras won the 1990 US Open at age 19. Winning the French Open improved Nadal's ranking to World No. 3.

Three days after his victory in Paris, Nadal's 24-match winning streak was snapped in the first round of the grass court Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany, where he lost to the German Alexander Waske. He then lost in the second round of 2005 Wimbledon to Gilles Müller of Luxembourg.

Immediately after Wimbledon, Nadal won 16 consecutive matches and three consecutive tournaments, bringing his ranking to world No. 2 on 25 July 2005.

Nadal started his North American summer hard-court season by defeating Agassi in the final of the 2005 Canada Masters, but lost in the first round of the 2005 Cincinnati Masters. Nadal was seeded second at the 2005 US Open, where he was upset in the third round by World No. 49 James Blake in four sets.

In September, he defeated Coria in the final of the China Open in Beijing and won both of his Davis Cup matches against Italy. In October, he won his fourth ATP Masters Series title of the year, defeating Ivan Ljubičić in the final of the 2005 Madrid Masters. He then suffered a foot injury that prevented him from competing in the year-ending Tennis Masters Cup.

Both Nadal and Federer won eleven singles titles and four ATP Masters Series titles in 2005. Nadal broke Mats Wilander's previous teenage record of nine in 1983. Eight of Nadal's titles were on clay, and the remainder were on hard courts. Nadal won 79 matches, second only to Federer's 81. Nadal won the Golden Bagel Award for 2005, with eleven 6–0 sets during the year. Also, he earned the highest year-end ranking ever by a Spaniard and the ATP Most Improved Player of the Year award.

2006

Nadal missed the Australian Open due to a foot injury. In February, he lost in the semifinals of the first tournament he played, the Open 13 tournament in Marseille, France. Two weeks later, he handed Roger Federer his first loss of the year in the final of the Dubai Duty Free Men's Open (in 2006, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray were the only two men who defeated Federer). To complete the spring hard-court season, Nadal was upset in the semifinals of the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California, by James Blake, and was upset in the second round of the 2006 Miami Masters.

On European clay, Nadal won all four tournaments he entered and 24 consecutive matches. He defeated Federer in the final of the Masters Series Monte Carlo in four sets. The following week, he defeated Tommy Robredo in the final of the Open Sabadell Atlántico tournament in Barcelona. After a one-week break, Nadal won the Masters Series Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome, defeating Federer in a fifth-set tiebreaker in the final, after saving two match points and equaling Björn Borg's tally of 16 ATP titles won as a teenager. Nadal broke Argentinian Guillermo Vilas's 29-year male record of 53 consecutive clay-court match victories by winning his first round match at the French Open. Vilas presented Nadal with a trophy, but commented later that Nadal's feat was less impressive than his own because Nadal's winning streak covered two years and was accomplished by adding easy tournaments to his schedule. Nadal went on to play Federer in the final of the French Open. The first two sets of the match were hardly competitive, as the rivals traded 6–1 sets. Nadal won the third set easily and served for the match in the fourth set before Federer broke him and forced a tiebreaker. Nadal won the tiebreaker and became the first player to defeat Federer in a Grand Slam final.

Nadal injured his shoulder while playing a quarterfinal match against Lleyton Hewitt at the Artois Championships, played on grass at the Queen's Club in London. Nadal was unable to complete the match, which ended his 26-match winning streak. Nadal was seeded second at Wimbledon, but was two points from defeat against American qualifier Robert Kendrick in the second round before coming back to win in five sets. In the third round, Nadal defeated world No. 20 Andre Agassi in straight sets at Agassi's last career match at Wimbledon. Nadal also won his next three matches in straight sets, which set up his first Wimbledon final, which was against Federer, who had won this tournament the three previous years. Nadal was the first Spanish man since Manuel Santana in 1966, to reach the Wimbledon final, but Federer won the match in four sets 6–0, 7–6, 6–7, 6–3 to win his fourth consecutive Wimbledon title.

During the leadup to the US Open, Nadal played the two Masters Series tournaments in North America. He was upset in the third round of the Rogers Cup in Toronto and the quarterfinals of the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters in Cincinnati, Ohio. Nadal was seeded second at the US Open, but lost in the quarterfinals to world No. 54 Mikhail Youzhny of Russia in four sets.

Nadal played only three tournaments the remainder of the year. Joachim Johansson, ranked world No. 690, upset Nadal in the second round of the Stockholm Open 6–4, 7–6. The following week, Nadal lost to Tomáš Berdych in the quarterfinals of the year's last Masters Series tournament, the Mutua Madrileña Masters in Madrid. During the round-robin stage of the year-ending Tennis Masters Cup, Nadal lost to James Blake but defeated Nikolay Davydenko and Robredo. Because of those two victories, Nadal qualified for the semifinals, where he lost to Federer 6–4, 7–5. This was Nadal's third loss in nine career matches with Federer.

Nadal went on to become the first player since Andre Agassi in 1994–95 to finish the year as the world No. 2 in consecutive years.

2007

Nadal started the year by playing in six hard-court tournaments. He lost in the semifinals and first round of his first two tournaments and then lost in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open to eventual runner-up Fernando González. After another quarterfinal loss at the Dubai Tennis Championships, he won the 2007 Indian Wells Masters, before Novak Djoković defeated him in the quarterfinals of the 2007 Miami Masters.

He had comparatively more success after returning to Europe to play five clay-court tournaments. He won the titles at the Masters Series Monte Carlo, the Open Sabadell Atlántico in Barcelona, and the Masters Series Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome, before losing to Roger Federer in the final of the Masters Series Hamburg. This defeat ended his 81-match winning streak on clay, which is the male open era record for consecutive wins on a single surface. He then rebounded to win the French Open for the third straight year, defeating Federer once again in the final.

Between the tournaments in Barcelona and Rome, Nadal defeated Federer in the "Battle of Surfaces" exhibition match in Majorca, Spain, with the tennis court being half grass and half clay.

Nadal played the Artois Championships at the Queen's Club in London for the second consecutive year. As in 2006, Nadal was upset in the quarterfinals. Nadal then won consecutive five-set matches during the third and fourth rounds of Wimbledon before being beaten by Federer in the five-set final. This was Federer's first five-set match at Wimbledon since 2001.

In July, Nadal won the clay court Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart, which proved to be his last title of the year. He played three important tournaments during the North American summer hard court season. He was a semifinalist at the Masters Series Rogers Cup in Montreal before losing his first match at the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was the second-seeded player at the US Open, but was defeated in the fourth round by David Ferrer.

After a month-long break from tournament tennis, Nadal played the Mutua Madrileña Masters in Madrid and the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris. David Nalbandian upset him in the quarterfinals and final of those tournaments. To end the year, Nadal won two of his three round robin matches to advance to the semifinals of the Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai, where Federer defeated him 6–4, 6–1.

During the second half of the year, Nadal battled a knee injury suffered during the Wimbledon final. In addition, there were rumors at the end of the year that the foot injury he suffered during 2005, caused long-term damage, which were given credence by coach Toni Nadal's claim that the problem was "serious". Nadal and his spokesman strongly denied this, however, with Nadal himself calling the story "totally false".

2008

Nadal began the year in India, where he was comprehensively beaten by Mikhail Youzhny in the final of the Chennai Open. Nadal then reached the semifinals of the Australian Open for the first time. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated Nadal 6–2, 6–3, 6–2 in the semifinal of 2008 Australian Open. Tsonga's semifinal performance was characterized by his powerful and precise serve, finesse volleys, and aggressive baseline play; it was a performance that drew the Melbourne crowd to their feet. Tsonga did not face a break point until the third set, while breaking the Spaniard five times in the match. Nadal also reached the final of the Miami Masters for the second time.

During the spring clay-court season, Nadal won four singles titles and defeated Roger Federer in three finals. He beat Federer at the Masters Series Monte Carlo for the third straight year, capturing his open era record fourth consecutive title there. He won in straight sets, despite Federer's holding a 4–0 lead in the second set. Nadal then won his fourth consecutive title at the Open Sabadell Atlántico tournament in Barcelona. A few weeks later, Nadal won his first title at the Masters Series Hamburg, defeating Federer in the three-set final. He then won the French Open, becoming the fifth man in the open era to win a Grand Slam singles title without losing a set. He defeated Federer in the final for the third straight year, but this was the most lopsided of all their matches, as Nadal only lost four games and gave Federer his first bagel since 1999. This was Nadal's fourth consecutive French title, tying Björn Borg's all-time record. Nadal became the fourth male player during the open era to win the same Grand Slam singles tournament four consecutive years (the others being Borg, Pete Sampras, and Federer). Nadal then played Federer in the final of Wimbledon for the third consecutive year, in the most anticipated match of their rivalry. Nadal entered the final on a 23-match winning streak, including his first career grass-court title at the Artois Championships staged at the Queen's Club in London prior to Wimbledon. Federer had won his record fifth grass-court title at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, and then reached the Wimbledon final without losing a set. Unlike their previous two Wimbledon finals, though, Federer was not the prohibitive favorite, and many analysts picked Nadal to win. They played the longest (in terms of time on court, not in terms of numbers of games) final in Wimbledon history, and because of rain delays, Nadal won the fifth set 9–7 in near-darkness. The match was widely lauded as the greatest Wimbledon final ever, with some tennis critics even calling it the greatest match in tennis history. By winning his first Wimbledon title, Nadal became the third man in the open era to win both the French Open and Wimbledon in the same year, after Rod Laver in 1969, and Borg in 1978–80, (Federer later accomplished this the following year) as well as the second Spaniard to win Wimbledon. He also ended Federer's record streak of five consecutive Wimbledon titles and 65 straight wins on grass courts. This is also the first time that Nadal won two Grand Slams back-to-back.

After Wimbledon, Nadal extended his winning streak to a career-best 32 matches. He won his second Rogers Cup title in Toronto, and then made it into the semifinals of the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters in Cincinnati, Ohio. As a result, Nadal clinched the US Open Series and, combined with Federer's early-round losses in both of those tournaments, finally earned the world No. 1 ranking on 18 August, officially ending Federer's record four-and-a-half year reign at the top.

At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Nadal defeated Novak Djoković of Serbia in the semifinals 6–4, 1–6, 6–4 and Fernando González of Chile in the final to win his first Olympic gold medal. Nadal became the first male player ranked in the top five to win the gold medal.

At the US Open, Nadal was the top-seeded player for the first time at a Grand Slam tournament. He did not lose a set during his first three matches, defeating qualifiers in the first and second rounds and Viktor Troicki in the third round. He then needed four sets to defeat both Sam Querrey in the fourth round and Mardy Fish in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, he lost to eventual runner up, Andy Murray 6–2, 7–6, 4–6, 6–4. Later in the year in Madrid, Nadal helped Spain defeat the United States in the Davis Cup semifinals.

At the Mutua Madrileña Masters in Madrid, Nadal lost in the semifinals to Gilles Simon 3–6, 7–5, 7–6. However, his performance at the event guaranteed that he would become the first Spaniard during the open era to finish the year as the world No. 1. On 24 October at the Campoamor theatre in Oviedo, Spain, Nadal was given the Prince of Asturias Award for Sports, in recognition of his achievements in tennis. Two weeks after the Madrid Masters at the BNP Paribas Masters in France, Nadal reached the quarterfinals, where he faced Nikolay Davydenko. Nadal lost the first set 6–1, before retiring in the second with a knee injury. The following week, Nadal announced his withdrawal from the year-ending Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai, citing tendinitis of the knee. On 10 November, Nadal withdrew from Spain's Davis Cup final against Argentina, as his knee injury had not healed completely.

2009

Nadal's first official ATP tour event for the year was the 250 series Qatar ExxonMobil Open in Doha. After his first-round match with Fabrice Santoro, Nadal was awarded the 2008 ATP World Tour Champion trophy. Nadal eventually lost in the quarterfinals to Gaël Monfils. Nadal also entered and won the tournament's doubles event with partner Marc López, defeating the world No. 1 doubles team of Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić in the final. As noted by statistician Greg Sharko, this was the first time since 1990, that the world No. 1 singles player had played the world No. 1 doubles player in a final.

At the 2009 Australian Open, Nadal won his first five matches without dropping a set, before defeating compatriot Fernando Verdasco in the semifinals in the longest match in Australian Open history at 5 hours and 14 minutes. This win set up a championship match with Roger Federer, their first meeting ever in a hard-court Grand Slam tournament and their nineteenth meeting overall. Nadal defeated Federer in five sets to earn his first hard-court Grand Slam singles title, making him the first Spaniard to win the Australian Open and the fourth male tennis player—after Jimmy Connors, Mats Wilander, and Andre Agassi—to win Grand Slam singles titles on three different surfaces. This win also made Nadal the first male tennis player to hold three Grand Slam singles titles on three different surfaces at the same time. Nadal then played the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam. In the final, he lost to second-seeded Murray in three sets. During the final, Nadal called a trainer to attend to a tendon problem with his right knee, which notably affected his play in the final set. Although this knee problem was not associated with Nadal's right knee tendonitis, it was serious enough to cause him to withdraw from the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships a week later.

In March, Nadal helped Spain defeat Serbia in a Davis Cup World Group first-round tie on clay in Benidorm, Spain. Nadal defeated Janko Tipsarević and Novak Djokovic. The win over world No. 3 Djokovic was Nadal's twelfth consecutive Davis Cup singles match win and boosted his career win–loss record against Djokovic to 11–4, including 6–0 on clay.

At the 2009 Indian Wells Masters, Nadal won his thirteenth Masters 1000 series tournament. In the fourth round, Nadal saved five match points, before defeating David Nalbandian for the first time. Nadal defeated Juan Martín del Potro in the quarterfinals and Andy Roddick in the semi-finals, before defeating Murray in the final. The next ATP tour event was the 2009 Miami Masters. Nadal advanced to the quarterfinals, where he again faced Argentinian del Potro, this time losing the match. This was the first time del Potro had defeated Nadal in five career matches.

Nadal began his European clay court season at the 2009 Monte Carlo Masters, where he won a record fifth consecutive singles title there. He defeated Novak Djokovic in the final for his fifth consecutive win, a record in the open era. Nadal is the first male player to win the same ATP Master series event for five consecutive years.

Nadal then competed in the ATP 500 event in Barcelona. He advanced to his fifth consecutive Barcelona final, where he faced David Ferrer. Nadal went on to beat Ferrer 6–2, 7–5 to record five consecutive Barcelona victories. At the Rome Masters, Nadal reached the final, where he defeated Novak Djokovic to improve his overall record to 13–4 and clay record to 8–0 against the Serb. He became the first player to win four Rome titles.

After winning two clay-court Masters, he participated in the Madrid Open. He lost to Roger Federer 4–6, 4–6 in the final. This was the first time that Nadal had lost to Federer since the semifinals of the 2007 Tennis Masters Cup.

On 19 May, the ATP World Tour announced that Nadal was the first player out of eight to qualify for the 2009 ATP World Tour Finals, to be played at the O2 Arena in London.

By beating Lleyton Hewitt in the third round of 2009 French Open, Nadal (2005–09 French Open) set a record of 31 consecutive wins at Roland Garros, beating the previous record of 28 by Björn Borg (1978–81 French Open). Nadal had won 32 consecutive sets at Roland Garros (since winning the last 2 sets at the 2007 French Open final against Federer), the second-longest winning streak in the tournament's history behind Björn Borg's record of 41 consecutive sets. This run came to an end on 31 May 2009, when Nadal lost to eventual runner-up, Robin Söderling in the 4th round. The Swede triumphed 6–2, 6–7, 6–4, 7–6. This was Nadal's first loss at the French Open.

After his surprise defeat at Roland Garros, Nadal withdrew from the AEGON Championships. It was confirmed that Nadal was suffering from tendinitis in both of his knees. On 19 June, Nadal withdrew from the 2009 Wimbledon Championship, citing his recurring knee injury. He was the first champion to not defend the title since Goran Ivanišević in 2001. Roger Federer went on to win the title, and Nadal consequently dropped back to world No. 2 on 6 July 2009. Nadal later announced his withdrawal from the Davis Cup.

On 4 August, Nadal's uncle, Toni Nadal, confirmed that Nadal would return to play at the Rogers Cup in Montreal. There, in his first tournament since Roland Garros, Nadal lost in the quarterfinals to Juan Martín del Potro. With this loss, he relinquished the No. 2 spot to Andy Murray on 17 August 2009, ranking outside the top two for the first time since 25 July 2005.

In the quarterfinals of the US Open he defeated Fernando González 7–6, 7–6, 6–0 in a rain-delayed encounter. However, like his previous US Open campaign, he fell in the semifinals, this time losing to eventual champion Juan Martín del Potro 2–6, 2–6, 2–6. Despite the loss, he regained his No. 2 ranking after Andy Murray's early exit.

At the World Tour Finals, Nadal lost all three of his matches against Robin Söderling, Nikolay Davydenko, and Novak Djokovic respectively without winning a set.

In December, Nadal participated in the second Davis Cup final of his career. He defeated Czech No. 2 Tomáš Berdych in his first singles rubber to give the Spanish Davis Cup Team their first point in the tie. After the Spanish Davis Cup team had secured its fourth Davis Cup victory, Nadal defeated Jan Hájek in the first Davis Cup dead rubber of his career. The win gave Nadal his 14th consecutive singles victory at Davis Cup (his 13th on clay).

Nadal finished the year as No. 2 for the fourth time in five years. Nadal won the Golden Bagel Award for 2009, with nine 6–0 sets during the year. Nadal has won the award three times (a tour record).

2010

Nadal began the year by participating in the Capitala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. He defeated compatriot David Ferrer 7–6, 6–3 to reach his second final in the exhibition tournament. In the final, Nadal defeated Robin Söderling 7–6, 7–5.

Nadal participated in an Australian Open warm-up tournament, the Qatar ExxonMobil Open ATP 250 event in Doha, where he lost in the finals to Nikolay Davydenko 6–0, 6–7, 4–6.

In the first round of the Australian Open, Nadal defeated Peter Luczak of Australia 7–6, 6–1, 6–4. In the second round, he beat Lukáš Lacko 6–2, 6–2, 6–2. In the third round, he was tested by Philipp Kohlschreiber, finally beating him 6–4, 6–2, 2–6, 7–5. In the fourth round, he beat Ivo Karlović of Croatia, 6–4, 4–6, 6–4, 6–4. In the quarterfinals, Nadal pulled out at 3–0 down in the third set against Andy Murray, having lost the first two sets 6–3, 7–6. After examining Nadal's knees, doctors told him that he should take two weeks of rest, and then two weeks of rehabilitation.

Nadal reached the semifinals in singles at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, where he was the defending champion; however, eventual champion Ivan Ljubičić defeated him in three sets. He and countryman López won the doubles title, though, as wildcard entrants against number one seeds Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić. This boosted his doubles ranking 175 places to world number 66, whereas he was 241st before Indian Wells. After Indian Wells, Nadal reached the semifinals of the Sony Ericsson Open, where he lost to eventual champion Andy Roddick in three sets.

Nadal reached the final of the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters in Monaco, after beating fellow Spaniard David Ferrer 6–3, 6–2 in the semifinals. This was Nadal's first tour final since Doha earlier in the year. He won the final 6–0, 6–1 over his compatriot Fernando Verdasco. He lost 14 games throughout all five matches, the fewest he had ever lost en route to a championship, and the final was the shortest Masters 1000 final in terms of games. With this win, Nadal became the first player in the open era to win a tournament title for six straight years.

Unlike in previous years, Nadal next chose to skip the Barcelona tournament (despite being that event's five-time defending champion), and his next tournament was the 2010 Internazionali BNL d'Italia. He defeated Philipp Kohlschreiber, Victor Hănescu, and Stanlias Wawrinka, all in straight sets, to win his 57th straight match in April. In the semis, he faced a resilient Ernests Gulbis, who defeated Roger Federer earlier in the tournament and took Nadal to three sets for the first time this clay-court season. Nadal eventually prevailed with a 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 in 2 hours and 40minutes. He then defeated compatriot David Ferrer in the final 7–5, 6–2 for his fifth title at Rome to equal Andre Agassi's record of winning 17 ATP Masters titles.

Nadal then entered the 2010 Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open, where he had finished runner-up the previous year. Being one of the top eight seeds, he received a bye in the first round. In the second round, he defeated qualifier Oleksandr Dolgopolov Jr in straight sets. He then played the six-foot-nine-inch American John Isner. Nadal comfortably came through in straight sets, 7–5, 6–4. He defeated Gaël Monfils in the quarterfinals 6–1, 6–3 and his countryman Nicolás Almagro in the next round, who was playing in his first Masters 1000 semifinal, 4–6, 6–2, 6–2. The first set of his match against Almagro would be just the second set he lost on clay up to this point in 2010. Nadal then defeated longtime rival Roger Federer 6–4, 7–6, avenging his 2009 finals loss to Federer. The win gave him his 18th Masters title, breaking the all-time record. He became the first player to win all three clay-court Masters titles in a single year and the first player to win three consecutive Masters events. Nadal moved back to No. 2 the following day.

Entering the French Open, many were expecting another Nadal-Federer final. However, this became impossible when rival Robin Söderling defeated Federer 3–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4 in the quarterfinals. The failure of Federer to reach the semifinals allowed Nadal to regain the world No. 1 ranking if he were to win the tournament. Nadal advanced to the final and defeated Soderling 6–4, 6–2, 6–4 to win the French Open. The win gave Nadal his seventh Grand Slam, tying him with John McEnroe, John Newcombe, and Mats Wilander on the all-time list, and allowed Nadal to reclaim the position of world No. 1, denying his biggest rival Roger Federer the all-time record for weeks at No. 1. By this win, Nadal became the first man to win the three Masters series on clay and the French Open. This was dubbed by the media as the "Clay Slam". This victory at Roland Garros marked the second time (2008) that Nadal had won the French Open without dropping a single set (tying the record held by Björn Borg). With the win in Paris he also booked his place at the World Tour Finals in London and became the first player to win five French Open titles in six years.

In June, Nadal entered the AEGON Championships, which he had won in 2008, at the prestigious Queen's Club. He played singles and doubles at this grass court tournament as a warmup for Wimbledon. Being one of the top eight seeds, he received a bye in the first round. In the second round, where he played his first match on grass since winning Wimbledon 2008, he defeated Marcos Daniel easily, 6–2, 6–2. In the third round, he played Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan, whom he defeated 7–6, 4–6, 6–4, to advance to the quarterfinals. However, he was defeated by compatriot Feliciano López 6–7, 4–6.

At the Wimbledon, Nadal beat Kei Nishikori 6–2, 6–4, 6–4. Nadal was taken to the limit by Robin Haase winning 5–7, 6–2, 3–6, 6–0, 6–3. He defeated Philipp Petzschner in the third round. The match was a 5-set thriller, with Nadal triumphing 6–4, 4–6, 6–7, 6–2, 6–3. During his match with Petzschener, Nadal was warned twice for receiving coaching from his coach and uncle, Toni Nadal, resulting in a $2000 fine by Wimbledon officials. Allegedly, encouraging words for Nadal shouted during the match were some sort of coaching code signal. He met Paul-Henri Mathieu of France in the round of 16 and comfortably beat Mathieu 6–4, 6–2, 6–2. In the quarterfinals, he got past Robin Söderling of Sweden in four sets 3–6, 6–3, 7–6, 6–1. He defeated Andy Murray in straight sets 6–4, 7–6, 6–4 to reach his fourth Wimbledon final.

Nadal won the 2010 Wimbledon men's title by defeating Tomáš Berdych in straight sets 6–3, 7–5, 6–4. After the win, Nadal said "it is more than a dream for me" and thanked the crowd for being both kind and supportive to him and his adversary during the match and in the semifinal against Andy Murray. The win gave him a second Wimbledon title and an eighth career major title just past the age of 24. The win also gave Nadal his first "Old World Triple"; the last person to achieve this was Björn Borg in 1978 ("Old World Triple" is a term given to winning the Italian Open, French Open, and Wimbledon in the same year).

In his first hard-court tournament since Wimbledon, Nadal advanced to the semifinals of the Rogers Cup, along with No. 2 Novak Djokovic, No. 3 Roger Federer, and No. 4 Andy Murray, after coming back from a one-set deficit to defeat Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4. In the semifinal, defending champion Murray defeated Nadal 6–3, 6–4, becoming the only player to triumph over the Spaniard twice in 2010. Nadal also competed in the doubles with Djokovic in a one-time, high-profile partnership of the world No. 1 and No. 2, the first such team since the Jimmy Connors and Arthur Ashe team in 1976. However, Nadal and Djokovic lost in the first round to Canadians Milos Raonic and Vasek Pospisil. The next week, Nadal was the top seed at the Cincinnati Masters, losing in the quarterfinals to 2006 Australian Open finalist Marcos Baghdatis.

At the 2010 US Open, Nadal was the top seed for the second time in three years. He defeated Teymuraz Gabashvili, Denis Istomin, Gilles Simon, number 23 seed Feliciano López, number 8 seed Fernando Verdasco, and number 12 seed Mikhail Youzhny all without dropping a set, to reach his first US Open final, becoming only the eighth man in the Open Era to reach the final of all four majors, and at age 24 the second youngest ever to do so, behind only Jim Courier. In the final, he defeated Novak Djokovic 6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 6–2 which completed the Career Grand Slam for Nadal and he became the second male after Andre Agassi to complete a Career Golden Slam. Nadal also became the first man to win grand slams on clay, grass, and hard court in the same year, and the first to win the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open in the same year since Rod Laver in 1969. Nadal and Mats Wilander are the only male players to win at least two Grand Slams each on clay, grass, and hardcourts in their careers. Nadal also became the first left-handed man to win the US Open since John McEnroe in 1984. Nadal's victory also clinched the year-end No. 1 ranking for 2010, making Nadal only the third player (after Ivan Lendl in 1989 and Roger Federer in 2009) to regain the year-end number one ranking after having lost it. Nadal began his Asian tour at the 2010 PTT Thailand Open in Bangkok where he reached the semifinals, losing to compatriot Guillermo García López. Nadal was able to regroup, and at the 2010 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships in Tokyo (debut), he defeated Santiago Giraldo, Milos Raonic, and Dmitry Tursunov. In the semifinals against Viktor Troicki, Nadal saved two match points in the deciding set tiebreaker to win it 9–7 in the end. In the final, Nadal comfortably defeated Gaël Monfils 6–1, 7–5 for his seventh title of the season.

Nadal next played in the 2010 Shanghai Rolex Masters in Shanghai, where he was the top seed, but lost to world No. 12 Jürgen Melzer in the third round, snapping his record streak of 21 consecutive Masters quarterfinals. On the 5 November, Nadal announced that he was pulling out of the Paris Masters due to tendinitis in his left shoulder. On 21 November 2010, in London, Nadal won the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award for the first time.

At the 2010 ATP World Tour Finals in London, Nadal defeated Roddick 3–6, 7–6, 6–4 in the first match, Djokovic 7–5, 6–2 in the second match, and Berdych 7–6, 6–1 in the third match, to advance to the semifinals for the third time in his career. This is the first time that Nadal achieved three wins in the round-robin stage. In the semifinal, he defeated Murray 7–6, 3–6, 7–6 in a hard-fought match to reach his first final at the tournament. In only their second meeting of the year, Federer beat Nadal in the final by a score of 6–3, 3–6, 6–1. After the match, Nadal stated: "Roger is probably the more complete player of the world. I'm not going to say I lost that match because I was tired." This was a reference to his marathon victory over Murray on Saturday. "I tried my best this afternoon, but Roger was simply better than me."

Nadal ended the 2010 season having won three Slams and three Masters 1000 tournaments, and having regained the No. 1 ranking.

Next up for Nadal was a two-match exhibition against Federer for the Roger Federer Foundation. The first match took place in Zürich on 21 December 2010, and the second in Madrid the next day.

2011

Nadal started 2011, by participating in the Mubadala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. He defeated Tomáš Berdych 6–4, 6–4 to reach his third final in the exhibition tournament. In the final, he won over his main rival Roger Federer 7–6, 7–6.

At his first tour event of the year in an Australian Open warm-up tournament, the Qatar ExxonMobil Open ATP 250 event in Doha, Qatar, Nadal barely struggled past his first three opponents, Karol Beck 6–3, 6–0, Lukáš Lacko 7–6, 0–6, 6–3, and Ernests Gulbis 7–6, 6–3 citing fever as the primary reason for his poor performance. He fell in straight sets to a resurgent Nikolay Davydenko in the semifinals, 6–3, 6–2. He and countryman López won the doubles title by defeating the Italian duo Daniele Bracciali and Andreas Seppi 6–3, 7–6.

In the first round of the Australian Open, Nadal defeated Marcos Daniel of Brazil 6–0, 5–0 ret. In the second round, he beat upcoming qualifier Ryan Sweeting of the United States 6–2, 6–1, 6–1. In the third round, he was tested by emerging player Bernard Tomic of Australia, who previously ousted Nadal's countryman Feliciano López, but Nadal was victorious with a score of 6–2, 7–5, 6–3. He went on to defeat Marin Čilić of Croatia 6–2, 6–4, 6–3 in the fourth round. He suffered an apparent hamstring injury against fellow Spaniard David Ferrer early in the pair's quarterfinal match and ultimately lost in straight sets 4–6, 2–6, 3–6, thus ending his effort to win four major tournaments in a row.

On 7 February 2011, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Nadal won the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year for the first time, ahead of footballer Lionel Messi, Sebastian Vettel, Spain's Andres Iniesta, Lakers star Kobe Bryant and Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao.

In March, Nadal helped Spain defeat Belgium in a 2011 Davis Cup World Group first-round tie on hard indoor in Spiroudome, Charleroi, Belgium. Nadal defeated Ruben Bemelmans 6–2, 6–4, 6–2. After Spain's victory in three matches, Nadal played a second unnecessary match against Olivier Rochus and won 6–4, 6–2.

At the 2011 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Nadal defeated upcoming qualifier Rik de Voest of South Africa 6–0, 6–2 in the first match. In the Third round, he beat upcoming qualifier Ryan Sweeting of the United States 6–3, 6–1. He then defeated upcoming Indian qualifier Somdev Devvarman 7–5, 6–4 in the Fourth round. In the quarterfinals Nadal had a hard time against Croatian Ivo Karlovic but won 5–7, 6–1, 7–6, and in the semi-finals he met Argentine player Juan Martin del Potro, back from a long injury. The last three confrontations between the players was in favor of Del Potro, and despite some difficulties Nadal won 6–4, 6–4. He reached his third final at Indian Wells, and in the final lost against Novak Djokovic. The Serbian player won 6–4, 3–6, 2–6. The next day Nadal and Djokovic played a friendly match in Bogota, Colombia which Nadal won.

Nadal started the 2011 Sony Ericsson Open win over Japanese player Kei Nishikori 6–4, 6–4, then met his compatriot Feliciano Lopez in the third round, whom he defeated 6–3, 6–3, and in the fourth round defeated Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine 6–1, 6–2. In the quarterfinals Nadal had the first real test of the tournament where he met the world No. 7 seed Tomas Berdych. After a good first set, Nadal's level of play fell significantly due to an injured right shoulder, and he lost the second set. He eventually triumphed 6–2, 3–6, 6–3. in the semi-finals Nadal met main rival Roger Federer, their first meeting in a semi-final since the 2007 Masters Cup. Nadal was swiftly victorious at 6–3, 6–2; this match was one of the fastest matches played on hard courts. For the second time in two weeks, Nadal faced Novak Djokovic in the final. As in the Indian Wells tournament, Nadal won the first set, and Djokovic the second. The third set ended in a tiebreak with Djokovic winning the match 4–6, 6–3, 7–6. This is the first time Nadal reached the finals of Indian Wells and Miami in the same year.

Nadal began his clay-court season in style, winning the 2011 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters with the loss of just one set. Nadal defeated Jarkko Nieminen 6–2, 6–2, Richard Gasquet 6–2, 6–4, Ivan Ljubicic 6–1, 6–3 and Andy Murray 6–4, 2–6, 6–1 in the semi-final to reach his seventh consecutive final in Monte Carlo. In the final, Nadal avenged his defeat by David Ferrer in the quarter-finals of the 2011 Australian Open and won the match 6–4, 7–5. He is the first man to have won the same tournament seven times in a row at the ATP level in the open era. Nadal chalked up his 37th straight win at the clay-court event, where he has not lost since the 2003 Monte Carlo Masters. It was his 44th career title and 19th at a Masters event. Nadal lost his three previous finals, twice to world No. 2 Novak Djokovic and once to No. 3 Roger Federer. It was his first title since winning the Japan Open. Guillermo Coria was the last player to beat Nadal at Monte Carlo, in the third round in 2003. Nadal missed the 2004 tournament because of an injury. Nadal shares third place with Björn Borg and Manuel Orantes in the list of players with the most titles on clay.

Just a week later won his sixth Barcelona Open crown, winning the 2011 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell in straight sets. He won the final over Ferrer again (3rd Barcelona final and 5th clay court final), 6–2, 6–4. In doing so Nadal became the first man in the open era to have won two specific tournaments at least six times each. Nadal is now the leader in terms of matches won this year, with 29. He did not gain any points for this victory, however, as only four ATP 500 tournaments can be counted towards a players ranking at one time, but they will go into effect 08.08.2011 when the result of the 2010 Legg Mason Tennis Classic ATP 500 tournament of Washington expires.

At the Madrid in May, he defeated Marcos Baghdatis, had a walkover against Juan Martin del Potro, and defeated Michael Llodra and Roger Federer, before losing the final to Novak Djokovic, 7–5, 6–4. Nadal lost in straight sets to Novak Djokovic in the Rome Masters final, 6–4, 6–4. This marked the first time that Nadal has lost twice on clay, to the same player, in a single season. However, Nadal retained his number one ranking during the clay court season and won his sixth French Open title by defeating Roger Federer 7–5, 7–6, 5–7, 6–1.

At Wimbledon, Nadal beat Michael Russell in the first round 6–4, 6–2, 6–2, Ryan Sweeting 6–3, 6–2, 6–4 in the second round, Gilles Muller 7–6, 7–6,6–0 in the third round. He then faced former US Open Champion Juan Martin del Potro in the fourth round prevailing 7–6, 3–6, 7–6, 6–4. He then faced tenth seeded Mardy Fish in the Quarter Final prevailing in four sets 6–3, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4. His Semifinal opponent was World no 4 Andy Murray, Murray took the first set but Nadal upped his game and won in four sets 5–7, 6–2, 6–2, 6–4. This set up a final against the World No. 2 Novak Djokovic, who had beaten Nadal in all four of their matches in 2011 (all in Masters finals). Djokovic broke in the 10th game of the first set to take it 6–4; he then won the second comfortably 6–1, but Nadal fought back breaking earlier in the third to win it 6–1. In a tense fourth set Djokovic broke in the ninth game and clinched the title, with Nadal losing 4–6, 1–6, 6–1, 3–6. This was the first Grand Slam final that Nadal had lost to someone other than Roger Federer and his first loss at Wimbledon since his 5-set loss to Federer in the 2007 final. The loss ended Nadal's winning streak in Grand Slam finals at seven, preventing him from tying the all-time record of eight victories in a row set by Pete Sampras. Djokovic's success at the tournament also meant the Serb ascended to World No. 1 for the first time, breaking the dominance of Federer and Nadal on the position, which one of them had held for every week since 2 February 2004. Nadal fell to World No. 2 in the rankings for the first time since June 2010.

After resting from a foot injury sustained during Wimbledon for a month, he contested the 2011 Rogers Cup, where he was shocked by Croatian Ivan Dodig in a third set tiebreak. He next played in the 2011 Cincinnati Masters, where he lost to Mardy Fish in the quarterfinals.

Major Titles

Grand Slam performance timeline

''To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through the 2011 Wimbledon Championships.''

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Grand Slam Finals

Singles: 13 (10 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Olympic finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

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Career statistics

ITF Grand Slams records

These records were attained in the Open Era of tennis.

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ATP Masters records

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Rivalry with Roger Federer

Nadal and Federer have been playing against each other since 2004, and this rivalry is a significant part of both men's careers: They are the only men in the open era who have played each other in eight Grand Slam finals, with Nadal winning six of the eight finals. Four of these six wins were on Nadal's best surface (clay), and he has beaten Federer twice in non-clay major finals: Wimbledon 2008 and the Australian Open 2009. Their 2008 Wimbledon final has been lauded as the greatest match of all time by many long-time tennis critics. Many critics consider their rivalry to be the greatest in tennis history.

Twelve of Nadal's 17 wins over Federer have come on clay courts, Nadal's best surface. Nadal leads their overall head-to-head series 17–8 (Nadal leads 12–2 on clay, Federer leads 2–1 on grass, tie 4–4 on hard courts).

Playing style

Nadal generally plays an aggressive, behind-the-baseline game founded on heavy topspin groundstrokes, consistency, speedy footwork and tenacious court coverage thus making him an aggressive counterpuncher. Known for his athleticism and speed around the court, Nadal is an excellent defender who hits well on the run, constructing winning plays from seemingly defensive positions. He also plays very fine dropshots, which work especially well because his heavy topspin often forces opponents to the back of the court. Nadal is primarily a baseliner, although he has been noted by several commentators (including John McEnroe) as an excellent volleyer, which has contributed to his reaching four Wimbledon finals on grass, winning two of them, and has been observed approaching the net more often since 2009.

In recent years, Nadal employs a full western grip forehand, often with a "lasso-whip" follow through, where his left arm hits through the ball and finishes above his left shoulder – as opposed to a more traditional finish across the body or around his opposite shoulder. Nadal's forehand groundstroke form allows him to hit shots with heavy topspin – more so than many of his contemporaries. San Francisco tennis researcher John Yandell used a high-speed video camera and special software to count the average number of revolutions of a tennis ball hit full force by Nadal. "The first guys we did were Sampras and Agassi. They were hitting forehands that in general were spinning about 1,800 to 1,900 revolutions per minute. Federer is hitting with an amazing amount of spin, too, right? 2,700 revolutions per minute. Well, we measured one forehand Nadal hit at 4,900. His average was 3,200." While Nadal's shots tend to land short of the baseline, the characteristically high bounces his forehands achieve tend to mitigate the advantage an opponent would normally gain from capitalizing on a short ball. Although his forehand is based on heavy topspin, he can hit the ball deep and flat with a more orthodox follow through for clean winners.

Nadal's serve was initially considered a weak point in his game, although his improvements in both first serve points won and break points saved since 2005, have allowed him to consistently compete for and win major titles on faster surfaces. Nadal relies on the consistency of his serve to gain a strategic advantage in points, rather than going for service winners. However, before the 2010 season, he altered his service motion, arriving in the trophy pose earlier and pulling the racket lower during the trophy pose. Before the 2010 U.S. Open, Nadal modified his service grip to a more continental one. These two changes in his serve have increased its average speed by around 10 mph, maxing out at 135 mph (217 km), allowing him to win more free points on his serve.

Nadal's mental resilience and strategic approach to the game are other noted strengths. Nadal is able to avoid discouragement regardless of match score, allowing him to singularly focus on winning the current point and gaining an advantage. As a strategic player, Nadal can assess outside variables such as court surface, weather conditions, and his opponent's tactics in order to adjust his own play to best adapt to present conditions.

Nadal is a clay court specialist in the sense that he has been extremely successful on that surface. Since 2005, he won six times at Roland Garros, seven times at Monte Carlo and five at Rome. However, Nadal has shed that label due to his success on other surfaces, including holding Grand Slams simultaneously on grass, hard courts, and clay on two separate occasions, winning five Masters series titles on hardcourt, and winning the Olympic gold medal on hardcourt. Despite praise for Nadal's talent and skill, some have questioned his longevity in the sport, citing his build and playing style as conducive to injury. Nadal himself has admitted to the physical toll hard courts place on ATP Tour players, calling for a reevaluated tour schedule featuring fewer hard court tournaments.

Public image

Equipment and endorsements

Nadal has appeared in advertising campaigns for Kia Motors as a global ambassador for the company. In May 2008, Kia released a claymation viral ad featuring Nadal in a tennis match with an alien. Nadal also has an endorsement agreement with Universal DVDs.

Nike serves as Nadal's clothing and shoe sponsor. Nadal's signature on-court attire entailed a variety of sleeveless shirts paired with 3/4 length capri pants. For the 2009 season, Nadal adopted more-traditional on-court apparel. Nike encouraged Nadal to update his look in order to reflect his new status as the sport's top player at that time and associate Nadal with a style that, while less distinctive than his "pirate" look, would be more widely emulated by consumers. At warmup tournaments in Abu Dhabi and Doha, Nadal played matches in a polo shirt specifically designed for him by Nike, paired with shorts cut above the knee. Nadal's new, more conventional style carried over to the 2009 Australian Open, where he was outfitted with Nike's Bold Crew Men's Tee and Nadal Long Check Shorts. Nadal wears Nike's Air CourtBallistec 2.3 tennis shoes, bearing various customizations throughout the season, including his nickname "Rafa" on the right shoe and a stylized bull logo on the left.

Becomes the face of Lanvin's ''L'Homme Sport'' cologne, launched April 2009.

Nadal uses an AeroPro Drive racquet with a 4 1/4-inch L2 grip. , Nadal's racquets are painted to resemble the new Babolat AeroPro Drive with Cortex GT racquet in order to market a current model which Babolat sells. Nadal uses no replacement grip, and instead wraps two overgrips around the handle. He used Duralast 15L strings until the 2010 season, when he switched to Babolat's new, black-colored, RPM Blast string. Nadal's rackets are always strung at , regardless of which surface or conditions he is playing on.

, Nadal is the international ambassador for Quely, a company from his native Majorca that manufactures biscuits, bakery and chocolate coated products; he has consumed their products ever since he was a young child.

In 2010, luxury watchmaker Richard Mille announced that he had developed an ultra-light wristwatch in collaboration with Nadal called the Richard Mille RM027 Tourbillon watch. The watch is made of titanium and lithium and is valued at US$525,000; Nadal was involved in the design and testing of the watch on the tennis court. During the 2010 French Open, Men's Fitness reported that Nadal wore the Richard Mille watch on the court as part of a sponsorship deal with the Swiss watchmaker.

Nadal replaces Cristiano Ronaldo as the new face of Emporio Armani Underwear and Armani Jeans for the spring/summer 2011 collection that will launch in February. This is the first time that the label has chosen a tennis player for the job; association football has ruled lately prior to Ronaldo, David Beckham graced the ads since 2008. Armani said that he selected Nadal as his latest male underwear model because "...he is ideal as he represents a healthy and positive model for youngsters."

In popular culture

In February 2010, Rafael Nadal was featured in the music video of "Gypsy", the forthcoming single from Shakira and part of her album release ''She Wolf''. In explaining why she chose Nadal for the video, Shakira was quoted as saying in an interview with the ''Latin American Herald Tribune'': "I thought that maybe I needed someone I could in some way identify with. And Rafael Nadal is a person who has been totally committed to his career since he was very young. Since he was 17, I believe." She added about "Gypsy": "I've been on the road since I was very, very young, so that's where the gypsy metaphor comes from."

Misc

128036 Rafaelnadal is a Main belt asteroid discovered in 2003 at the Observatorio Astronómico de Mallorca, Spain and named after Rafael Nadal.

Off the court

Involvement in football

Nadal has recently become seriously involved in Spanish football. Nadal is an avid fan of soccer club Real Madrid. On 8 July 2010, it was reported that Nadal has become a shareholder of RCD Mallorca, his local club by birth, in an attempt to assist the club from debt. Rafa reportedly owns 10 percent and was offered the role of vice president, but he rejected that offer. Though, his uncle Miguel Ángel Nadal, became assistant coach under Michael Laudrup. Nadal remains a passionate Real Madrid supporter; ''ESPN.com'' writer Graham Hunter wrote, "He's as ''Merengue'' as [Real Madrid icons] Raúl, Iker Casillas and Alfredo Di Stéfano." Shortly after acquiring his interest in Mallorca, he called out UEFA for apparent hypocrisy in ejecting the club from the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League for excessive debts, saying through a club spokesperson, "Well, if those are the criteria upon which UEFA is operating, then European competition will only comprise two or three clubs because all the rest are in debt, too."

He is also a fervent supporter of the Spanish national team, and was one of only six people not affiliated with the team or the national federation allowed into the team's locker room immediately following Spain's victory in the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final.

Philanthropy

Rafael Nadal took part in Thailand's 'A Million Trees For The King' project, planting a tree in honour of King Bhumibol Adulyadej on a visit to Hua Hin during his Thailand Open 2010. "For me it's an honour to part of this project," said Nadal. "It's a very good project. I want to congratulate the Thai people and congratulate the King for this unbelievable day. I wish all the best for this idea. It's very, very nice."

Fundación Rafa Nadal

The creation of the Fundación Rafa Nadal took place in November 2007, and its official presentation was in February 2008, at the Manacor Tennis Club in Mallorca, Spain. The foundation will focus on social work and development aid particularly on childhood and youth. On deciding why to start a foundation, Nadal said "This can be the beginning of my future, when I retire and have more time, [...] I am doing very well and I owe society, [...] A month-and-a-half ago I was in Chennai, in India. The truth is we live great here....I can contribute something with my image..." Nadal was inspired by the Red Cross benefit match against malaria with Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas, recalling, "We raised an amount of money that we would never have imagined. I have to thank Iker, my project partner, who went all out for it, [...] That is why the time has come to set up my own foundation and determine the destination of the money." Ana Maria Parera, Rafa's mom, chairs the organization and father Sebastian is vice-chairman. Coach and uncle Toni Nadal and his agent, former tennis player Carlos Costa, are also involved. Roger Federer has been giving Nadal advice on getting involved in philanthropy. Despite the fact that poverty in India struck him particularly hard, Nadal wants to start by helping "people close by, in the Balearic Islands, in Spain, and then, if possible, abroad."

On 16 October 2010, Nadal traveled to India for the first time to assist in the transformation of one of the poorest and most needy areas of India, Andhra Pradesh. He has an academy in the south of the country, in the state of Andhra Pradesh. His foundation has also worked in the Anantapur Educational Center project, in collaboration with the Vicente Ferrer Foundation.

Personal life

Nadal owns an Aston Martin DBS. Nadal lived with his parents and younger sister Maria Isabel, at an age when many tennis stars have long moved out, in a five-story apartment building in their hometown of Manacor, Mallorca. In June 2009, Spanish newspaper ''La Vanguardia'' and then ''The New York Times'' reported that Nadal's parents, Ana Maria and Sebastian, had separated. This news came after weeks of heated speculation in Internet posts and message boards over Nadal's personal issues as the cause of his setback. Nadal has revealed himself to be Agnostic.

Nadal's autobiography, ''Rafa'', written with assistance from John Carlin was published in August 2011.

See also

ATP World Tour records

List of ATP number 1 ranked players

List of Grand Slam men's singles champions

List of non-Grand Slam tennis statistics and records

128036 Rafaelnadal asteroid

List of open era tennis records

ATP Awards

References

External links

Rafael Nadal's Official Site

Zen and the Art of Rafael Nadal

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Coordinates	20°58′1″N156°40′14″N
Name	Ivan Ljubičić
Country
Residence	Monte Carlo, Monaco
Birth date	March 19, 1979
Birth place	Banja Luka, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina,SFR Yugoslavia
Height
Weight
Turnedpro	1998
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney	$9,450,269
Singlesrecord	413–279 (at ATP Tour-level, Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup)
Singlestitles	10
Highestsinglesranking	No. 3 (May 1, 2006)
Currentsinglesranking	No. 30 (August 15, 2011)
Australianopenresult	QF (2006)
Frenchopenresult	SF (2006)
Wimbledonresult	3R (2006, 2007, 2011)
Usopenresult	3R (2005, 2007)
Doublesrecord	98–105 (at ATP Tour-level, Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup)
Doublestitles	0
Highestdoublesranking	No. 70 (May 16, 2006)
Grandslamsdoublesresults	yes
Australianopendoublesresult	QF (2010)
Frenchopendoublesresult	3R (2004, 2006)
Wimbledondoublesresult	1R (2005, 2006, 2007)
Usopendoublesresult	QF (2003, 2009)
Updated	August 9, 2009 }}

}} Ivan Ljubičić (; born March 19, 1979) is a Croatian tennis player born in Bosnia and Herzegovina (then Yugoslavia). His career-high ATP ranking to date has been No. 3, and he stands at No. 37.

Tall and powerfully built, he is noted for his strong serve. He has achieved his best results in indoor tournaments played on carpet or hardcourt. Mostly a baseliner, he will approach the net selectively (Ljubičić is a good volleyer and plays doubles occasionally). On his backhand, he can use a slice or a drop-shot to great effect to draw a player or put him out of position. Relying heavily on his serve, he holds well but is a comparatively weak returner, producing many sets ending in tie-breaks. Ljubičić is using the Head Youtek Extreme Pro Racquet, after using the Babolat Pure Drive for most of his professional career.

Ljubičić previously served as the ATP Player Council president, and has strongly voiced his opinion on many issues, such as the possible downgrading of current Masters Series tournaments in Monte Carlo and Hamburg.

Ljubičić and Mario Ančić are only the 2nd doubles team ever to defeat Bob and Mike Bryan in Davis Cup history, the other team being France's Arnaud Clément and Michaël Llodra. Ljubičić helped Croatia win the 2005 Davis Cup, where they triumphed over the Slovakian Davis Cup team in the final.

Early years

Ljubičić was born to a Bosnian Croat father, named Marko, and a Bosniak mother, named Hazira. He started playing tennis as a child in 1988, and he soon won his first local awards as a junior. In May 1992, because of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Ljubičić family left Banja Luka, and Ivan, his mother and his brother moved to Opatija, Croatia, while his father was unable to leave. In November 1992, they were reunited and moved to Rijeka.

Soon after, in April 1993, Ljubičić went to a tennis club in Moncalieri near Torino, Italy. During the next three years, Ljubičić grew into a promising prospect. He decided to play for Croatia and in 1995 won his first junior championship – he became the Croatian under-16 champion. The same year, he won his first ATP points, and played for the Croatian team in the Winter Cup (European under-16 indoors championship). Pairing up with Željko Krajan, he won the Orange Bowl (the unofficial world under-16 championship).

In 1996, the family moved to Zagreb, while Ivan continued his successes. He joined the tennis club Mladost and played in more and more junior ITF tournaments. His biggest success as a junior was the final of Wimbledon where he was defeated by Vladimir Voltchkov of Belarus. He also played in the Australian Open junior semifinal in 1997, and won the Eddie Harre tournament, which made him the number 2 junior in the world. In early 1997 he started being trained by the Italian professional coach Riccardo Piatti. His successes continued: quarterfinal of junior French Open, and entering into the professional tennis. After a lot of success, Ivan wanted to buy a car. He deserved that and he bought himself a Porsche GT which is, according to Ljubičić "His craziest ever buy". Soon after that, in 2004, Ivan married his wife Aida who is always with him at the ATP tournaments. Their first child, Leonardo, was born December 10, 2008.

Tennis career

1998–2003

Ljubičić entered professional tennis in 1998, and played in the final of the ATP Challenger in Zagreb, where he lost to Alberto Berasategui. He played a number of smaller tournaments the same year, but had little success and finished the year as #293.

In 1999, his luck turned, and he won two Futures tournaments, as well as a Challenger in Besançon, France. He won another two victories in the qualifications for the Casablanca Tour event, where he was defeated by Juan Carlos Ferrero. He then entered the Super 9 tournament in Monte Carlo (today's Monte Carlo Masters) where he reached the third round after an amazing run where he defeated Andrei Medvedev and Yevgeny Kafelnikov. He also played in the Croatia Open in Umag where he was eliminated only in the semifinal by Magnus Norman. He finished the year as #77.

In 2000, Ljubičić played two semifinals, in Sydney and in Båstad, and three quarterfinals (Marseille, Copenhagen and Brighton). He also played in the third round of the Olympic tournament.

He won his first ATP singles title at Lyon in 2001, after defeating Gustavo Kuerten, Gastón Gaudio, Marat Safin and Younes El Aynaoui. At that point he reached #29 in the professional rankings, and would continue to play well, participating in seven ATP Tour semifinals – Adelaide, Rotterdam, Miami, St. Polten, Gstaad, Umag, Cincinnati. He finished the year 2001 as #37.

The year 2002 he was in two semifinals (Rotterdam, Gstaad) and four quarterfinals (Adelaide, Dubai, Umag, Tashkent) on the ATP Tour, and it the first time he passed the first round on a Grand Slam, when he reached the 3rd round of Australian Open where he was stopped by Wayne Ferreira in five sets. He ended the year as #49, and also no. 2 in the number of aces behind Wayne Arthurs.

In 2003, he reached the semifinals of Milan, Dubai, Bangkok and Basel, and also the 3rd round of Monte Carlo Masters and the quarterfinals in Rome Masters. He lost in the second round in the U.S Open to Andy Roddick who would then go on to become the champion that year. The score was 6–3,6–7,6–3, 7–6. After the match, he went on to say that if the match had been played anywhere else, he would have won. He also stated that no one in the locker room liked the American.

2004–2005

In 2004, he started the year as the runner-up to Nicolas Escudé in Doha, and also played semifinals in Hamburg Masters, in Indianapolis and in the Madrid Masters. He also reached the quarterfinals in Basel and 1/8 finals in the Miami Masters.

At the 2004 Olympics, Ljubičić teamed up with Mario Ančić to win the bronze medal in tennis doubles, winning against the Indians Bhupathi and Paes after having been defeated by the Chilean duo of González and Massú, the eventual gold medalists, in the semifinals.

In 2005, Ljubičić produced markedly better results. He won two ATP titles and was the runner-up at another six, losing to world no. 1 Roger Federer in three of them, and world no. 2 Rafael Nadal in another one. Most notably, he reached the finals of two Masters Series Events, losing to Nadal in Madrid and to Tomáš Berdych at the Paris Indoors Tournament. He finished the year ranked #9 in the world and earned his first appearance at the year-end Masters Cup where he was eliminated in the group stage (Ljubičić was one of a number of entrants who were invited due to the withdrawal of higher-ranked players, such as #2 Rafael Nadal).

Ljubičić has also been the top player of the Croatian Davis Cup team since the departure of Goran Ivanišević. In Davis Cup 2005, the Croatian team defeated the United States in the first round played in March 2005. Ljubičić defeated Andre Agassi convincingly in straight sets in his first singles match. He then teamed with Mario Ančić to defeat the Bryan Brothers, then the world's second-ranked doubles team. He finally clinched victory for his country, defeating America's number one player and former world number one Andy Roddick in five sets. In the July quarterfinal, Ljubičić again won his singles games against Romania's Victor Hănescu as well as Andrei Pavel, and then together with Ančić defeated the Pavel-Trifu duo in five sets. In the semifinal held in September against the Russian team, Ljubičić defeated Mikhail Youzhny in five sets, together with Ančić defeated Igor Andreev and Dmitry Tursunov in another five-set game, and finally defeated Nikolay Davydenko to secure victory for Croatia. Then in the finals Ljubičić defeated Karol Kučera and also paired with Mario Ančić to help secure Croatia's first Davis Cup victory.

2006

Prior to the Australian Open, Ljubičić played a tournament in Chennai, seeded 1 he was expected to do well on the hardcourts there. Playing well he reached the final and defeated Spaniard Carlos Moyà 7–6, 6–2. It proved to be a great preparation for the Australian Open.

At the 2006 Australian Open he reached the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time ever in his career. He defeated Thomas Johansson of Sweden 6–2, 6–4, 6–4 in the fourth round. He lost to eventual finalist Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus in the quarter-final 4–6 2–6 6–4 6–3 3–6.

After the Australian Open he played at the Zagreb Indoor Open, which is played on carpet, a surface typically favoured by Ljubičić. He reached the final once more and subsequently defeated Stefan Koubek 6–3, 6–4 in the final.

He bettered this feat when he made the semi-finals of the 2006 French Open, a run that ended with a loss to Rafael Nadal, who holds the record for the longest win-streak on clay. It was speculated that Ljubičić was able to make it this far because his highest ranked opponent was not even ranked in the top 70. After the match, Ljubičić made controversial comments about how Nadal took too much time in between points. He also stated that he hoped Roger Federer would defeat him in the final. Ljubičić then traveled to Queen's Club, defeating Răzvan Sabău 7–6 6–2 before losing to Gaël Monfils 7–6 7–5 in the round of 16. Many people have speculated why Ljubičić does not do well on grass in spite of his huge serve, but analysts have said that Ljubičić needs more time on groundstrokes that the grass surface does not give.

At the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, Ljubičić had a tough first round opponent in '05 quarterfinalist Feliciano López. He won 11–9 in the fifth. He then defeated Justin Gimelstob before losing in the third round to Dmitry Tursunov after being up two sets to none.

He then traveled to Gstaad, Switzerland to play in the Allianz Suisse Open on red clay. Being the top seed, he defeated Spaniard Albert Portas in the first round and Marco Chiudinelli in the second round before losing to seed Feliciano López in straight sets. In the Canada Masters 2006, he reached the third round before losing out to Fernando González. He then went to the Bangkok Open where he was the top seed, and reached the final round. He met America's James Blake but was defeated 6–3, 6–1 and moved to number 3 on the ATP ace list. He did not remain the number three due to David Nalbandian who pushed him away by advancing to the semi-finals in Madrid.

At the US Open, Ljubičić was drawn against Feliciano López of Spain in the First Round, as he had been at Wimbledon. However, Lopez exacted revenge for his almost five-hour long defeat at Wimbledon by annihilating the third seed 6–3 6–3 6–3.

2007

Ivan Ljubičić began his 2007 season in style with a victory at the 1 million dollar Qatar Qatar ExxonMobil Open. En route to his victory he defeated Andy Murray in the finals. In doing so he became the race leader in the 2007 Indesit ATP Race. In this tournament, Ljubičić played his first competitive match with a Head racquet after abandoning his previous racket sponsor, Babolat.

He played in the 2007 Australian Open and was seeded fourth, but was surprisingly defeated in the first round by Mardy Fish.

Ljubičić bounced back well to make the final of the Zagreb Indoor Open, against Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis. Marcos Baghdatis waited till match point to claim his only break of serve against Ivan Ljubičić to win the thrilling final with a 7–6 (4), 4–6, 6–4 victory.

At the Open 13 tournament in Marseille, Ljubičić, the #2 seed, was one of 4 seeds to lose in the first round, losing to qualifier but local favorite Nicolas Mahut, who won 6–4, 6–4.

At Rotterdam, he made it to the final, where, exhausted and tired, he suffered a 6–2, 6–4 defeat to Mikhail Youzhny.

At the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California, Ljubičić lost to Andy Roddick in the quarterfinals 7–6 (7), 7–6 (8).

Prior to Wimbledon, Ivan Ljubičić hit form on the grass courts, a surface in which he had previously failed to reach the last 8 in before. Playing at s'Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands, he defeated Dutch home crowd favourite, Peter Wessels in three tight sets. Ljubičić won the final set 7–6, securing his victory, regardless of the fact that he did not break the Dutchman's serve in the match. As the #15 seed (ranked 12th), he opened his 2007 Wimbledon campaign against American Vince Spadea, followed by a win over Jan Hernych, but fell in four sets to Paul-Henri Mathieu. He and Ernests Gulbis lost in the men's doubles competition in the first round.

In September just one day before start of Davis Cup tie against Great Britain, Ivan discovered blood in his urine. After tests, it was announced that he had two small stones in the kidney. He was then advised to take a break for the next couple of weeks.

Ivan then had an average fall season, reaching the semi-finals of the China Open, losing to Fernando González, the quarters in Vienna, and the quarters in Lyon. However, he failed to win a match in the two Masters Series tournaments, losing to Stefan Koubek in Madrid and Marcos Baghdatis in Paris.

2008

Ivan Ljubičić's first tournament of 2008 was in Doha, where he reached the semifinals, losing to Stanislas Wawrinka in the semifinals. However, Ivan suffered a shocking first round defeat at the 2008 Australian Open, losing to Dutchman Robin Haase in four sets.

He was then granted a wildcard to a challenger in East London, South Africa, where he defeated Stefan Koubek in straight sets. It was Ljubičić's first challenger in over two years.

His next significant result was in Zagreb, where, as the home crowd favorite, he reached the final only to suffer a shocking upset by Ukrainian lucky loser Sergiy Stakhovsky 7–5 6–4.

At the 2008 French Open, Ljubičić produced the biggest upset of the tournament (at that time) by coming back from a two sets deficit to defeat World No. 4, and 2007 French Open semifinalist Nikolay Davydenko on the score of 4–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–4. He had previously lost to Davydenko on clay at Hamburg in 2008, losing 6–4 6–1.

At the 2008 Wimbledon, Ivan played 3-hour thriller against Austrian Jürgen Melzer and lost 6–4, 7–6 (7), 4–6, 2–6, 6–3. It was a disappointment for Ljubičić who told newspapers before the match that he still has a lot to give.

2009

Ljubičić started the season as world number 58. His first tournament was Australian Open where he beat Igor Kunitsyn in the first round 4–6 7–6(3) 7–6(7) 5–7 6–3 before losing in the second round to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7–6(4) 6–7(8) 6–7(7) 2–6.

He then participated at Zagreb where he defeated Christophe Rochus in the first round 6–4 6–1, before losing to Viktor Troicki 4–6 7–5 4–6 in the second.

He then lost in the opening match in 3 tournaments: in Rotterdam to Andy Murray 3–6 2–6, in Marseille to Feliciano López 6–3 4–6 5–7, and in Dubai to David Ferrer 6–3 2–6 1–6. His ranking fell to number 74.

Ljubičić's next tournament was the 2009 BNP Paribas Open. He defeated Kei Nishikori in the first round, and fellow Croatian Mario Ančić in the second when Ančić retired with illness at 3–3. He then upset 8th seeded Gilles Simon 6–3, 7–6(3) in the third, and outlasted Igor Andreev 4–6, 7–6(5), 7–6(4) in the fourth to reach the quarterfinals, where he was at last beaten by 4th seeded Andy Murray 5–7, 6–7(6). Ljubičić received a wild card into the Monte Carlo Masters and in the 2nd round defeated Juan Martín del Potro 4–6, 6–1, 6–4. He proceeded to the quarterfinals where he was defeated by 4-time defending champion Rafael Nadal 6–3, 6–3. Because of his strong play at Monte Carlo, Ljubičić again received a wild card into the 2009 Madrid Masters. He again defeated a top ten player in the 2nd round, beating #9 seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6–4, 7–5. He then defeated #8 seed Gilles Simon 3–6, 6–4, 6–3 to reach his 3rd QF at a Masters 1000 event. He was defeated by Novak Djokovic 6–4, 6–4 in the quarterfinals. His performances during the clay court season have helped his ranking improve to 43, his highest since August 2008.

Ljubičić's good clay court form did not carry into the 2009 French Open as he suffered a disappointing defeat to Juan Carlos Ferrero 2–6, 6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 in the first round. Ljubičić did not compete at Wimbledon due to an injury.

Ljubičić returned to form in China. At the China Open he reached the quarterfinals, losing to Robin Söderling. At the inaugural Shanghai Masters event, Ljubičić reached the quarterfinals for the fourth time at a Masters 1000 event. He defeated Julien Benneteau in the first round 6–3, 3–6, 6–1. He defeated World No.9 Fernando Verdasco in straight sets 6–4, 7–6(6) in the second round. Ljubičić was cruising over Gaël Monfils 6–2, 3–0 before the Frenchman retired. Ljubičić then retired from his quarterfinal match against Rafael Nadal after splitting the first two sets 6–3, 3–6. Ljubičić was the eighth player to retire during the event. Ljubičić then won his first title since June 2007, at the 2009 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon event in Lyon. Seeded third, Ljubičić did not defeat a single seeded player, benefitting from several seeded players losing early. After defeating Martín Vassallo Argüello and Nicolas Kiefer, Ljubičić defeated three Frenchmen in a row to take the title. He defeated Florent Serra, and wild cards Arnaud Clément in the semifinal and Michaël Llodra in the final.

2010

Ljubičić began the season with a third round finish at the Australian Open, losing to countryman Ivo Karlović.

He also made the quarterfinals in the 2010 Dubai Tennis Championships where he lost to eventual champion and World No. 2 Novak Djokovic, in three sets.

At the 2010 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, he got revenge by beating Djokovic 7–5, 6–3 in the fourth round. He proceeded to upset defending champion Rafael Nadal 3–6, 6–4, 7–6(1) in the semis, avenging his loss against him in the 2005 Madrid Masters final and sending Ivan to his fourth career Masters 1000 final. He successfully broke his trend of three previous final losses in these master series tournaments, here in Indian Wells by defeating American favorite Andy Roddick in the final 7–6(3), 7–6(5) to lift his first ever Masters Series trophy. He also became: the first Croat to win the tournament; the third 26th-ranked player here to win this tournament (following Àlex Corretja and Jim Courier); the second-oldest winner at the tournament (behind Jimmy Connors who was five months older when he won in 1984); and the oldest first-time winner of a Master Series 1000 event. As a result of his performance in the tournament, in which he defeated three top-ten players – Djokovic (no.2) in the quarters, Nadal (no.3) in the semis, and Roddick (no.8) in the final, en route to the title – he broke into the top 20 in the rankings for the first time in nearly two years, number 13 as Monday, March 22.

2011

Ljubicic has had a solid 2011, reaching the latter rounds of the Monte Carlo clay court tournament and the 3rd round at Wimbledon. On 24th June 2011, he was knocked out of Wimbledon by Andy Murray.

Major finals

ATP Masters Series finals

Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

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Career finals

Singles: 23 (10–13)

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{|class="sortable wikitable" !width=80|Outcome !width=20|No. !width=120|Date !width=280|Championship !width=75|Surface !width=200|Opponent in the final !width=200|Score in the final |- |bgcolor=#98fb98|Winner |1.||October 8, 2001||Lyon, France||Carpet (i) | Younes El Aynaoui |6–3, 6–2 |- |bgcolor=#ffa07a|Runner-up |1. |January 12, 2004 |Doha, Qatar |Hard | Nicolas Escudé |3–6, 6–7^{(4–7) |- |bgcolor=#ffa07a|Runner-up |2. |January 10, 2005 |Doha, Qatar |Hard | Roger Federer |3–6, 6–7(4–7) |- |bgcolor=#ffa07a|Runner-up |3. |February 14, 2005 |Marseille, France |Hard (i) | Joachim Johansson |5–7, 4–6 |-bgcolor=#d0f0c0 |bgcolor=#ffa07a|Runner-up |4. |February 21, 2005 |Rotterdam, Netherlands |Hard (i) | Roger Federer |7–5, 5–7, 6–7(5–7) |-bgcolor=#d0f0c0 |bgcolor=#ffa07a|Runner-up |5. |February 28, 2005 |Dubai, UAE |Hard | Roger Federer |1–6, 7–6(8–6), 3–6 |- |bgcolor=#98fb98|Winner |2.||October 9, 2005||Metz, France||Hard (i) | Gaël Monfils |7–6(9–7), 6–0 |-bgcolor=#d0f0c0 |bgcolor=#98fb98|Winner |3.||October 16, 2005||Vienna, Austria||Hard (i) | Juan Carlos Ferrero |6–2, 6–4, 7–6(7–5) |-bgcolor=#dfe2e9 |bgcolor=#ffa07a|Runner-up |6. |October 24, 2005 |Madrid, Spain |Hard (i) | Rafael Nadal |6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 4–6, 6–7(3–7) |-bgcolor=#dfe2e9 |bgcolor=#ffa07a|Runner-up |7. |November 7, 2005 |Paris, France |Carpet (i) | Tomáš Berdych |3–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 4–6 |- |bgcolor=#98fb98|Winner |4.||January 8, 2006||Chennai, India||Hard | Carlos Moyà |7–6(8–6), 6–2 |- |bgcolor=#98fb98|Winner |5.||February 5, 2006||Zagreb, Croatia||Carpet (i) | Stefan Koubek |6–3, 6–4 |-bgcolor=#dfe2e9 |bgcolor=#ffa07a|Runner-up |8. |April 3, 2006 |Miami, USA |Hard | Roger Federer |6–7(5–7), 6–7(4–7), 6–7(6–8) |- |bgcolor=#ffa07a|Runner-up |9. |October 2, 2006 |Bangkok, Thailand |Hard (i) | James Blake |3–6, 1–6 |-bgcolor=#d0f0c0 |bgcolor=#98fb98|Winner |6.||October 15, 2006||Vienna, Austria||Hard (i) | Fernando González |6–3, 6–4, 7–5 |- |bgcolor=#98fb98|Winner |7.||January 6, 2007||Doha, Qatar||Hard | Andy Murray |6–4, 6–4 |- |bgcolor=#ffa07a|Runner-up |10. |February 5, 2007 |Zagreb, Croatia |Carpet (i) | Marcos Baghdatis |6–7(4–7), 6–4, 4–6 |-bgcolor=#d0f0c0 |bgcolor=#ffa07a|Runner-up |11. |February 26, 2007 |Rotterdam, Netherlands |Hard (i) | Mikhail Youzhny |2–6, 4–6 |- |bgcolor=#98fb98|Winner |8.||June 17, 2007||'s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands||Grass | Peter Wessels |7–6(7–5), 4–6, 7–6((7–4) |- |bgcolor=#ffa07a|Runner-up |12. |March 1, 2008 |Zagreb, Croatia |Hard (i) | Sergiy Stakhovsky |5–7, 4–6 |- |bgcolor=#98fb98|Winner |9.||November 1, 2009||Lyon, France||Hard (i) | Michaël Llodra |7–5, 6–3 |-bgcolor=#dfe2e9 |bgcolor=#98fb98|Winner |10.||March 21, 2010||Indian Wells, USA||Hard | Andy Roddick |7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–5) |- |bgcolor=#ffa07a|Runner-up |13.||October 31, 2010||Montpellier, France||Hard (i) | Gaël Monfils |2–6, 7–5, 1–6 |}}

Doubles: 4 (0–4)

;Runner-ups (4)

2000: Umag (with Lovro Zovko)

2000: Lyon (with Jack Waite)

2001: Umag (with Zvoko)

2004: Metz (with Uros Vico)

Singles performance timeline

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References

External links

Ljubičić Recent Match Results

Ljubičić World Ranking History

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